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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with The Washington Post's Pamela Constable about what is known about the people who carried out the suicide bombings in Sri Lanka last Sunday.

Ralph Fiennes steps behind the camera for a ballet biopic — not Black Swan, but The White Crow — about the early years and defection to the west of Russian ballet star Rudolf Nureyev.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains, made in the early 1980s, inspired many of the early members of the underground feminist punk movement.

Former Sen. Richard Lugar has died at age 87. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dan Diller, who worked with Sen. Lugar for years. Diller is now Director of Policy at The Lugar Center.

India wants to grant citizenship to refugees from nearby countries — unless they're Muslim. Critics say making religion a criteria for citizenship violates India's secular character.

Only 25% of eighth graders score proficient in geography on standardized tests. Some teachers are using a video chat game to engage kids in the world around them.

Demonstrators in Sudan continue protests in front of the military headquarters in Khartoum as opposition leaders meet with military rulers to discuss a handover to civilian power.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Nolan Gasser, chief musicologist and architect of Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project about his book Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste.

The number of political prisoners is on the rise in Vladimir Putin's Russia. Activists say it is time for the U.S. to step up the pressure with targeted sanctions to reverse this trend.

A jury resumes deliberations in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor, who shot and killed a woman while responding to her 911 call.