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With taxes on the minds of many Americans this week, a Senate committee looks at how vulnerable taxpayers' information is to cyber theft. The head of the IRS testifies on Capitol Hill.

Put on your waders and foam-soled boots — we're about to adventure into a shallow creek in Great Smoky Mountains National Park which straddles the border of North Carolina and Tennessee.

France held a somber memorial ceremony Friday to remember the victims of the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris. Two weeks ago, three teams of extremist gunmen killed 130 people and wounded hundreds more.

Two weeks after terrorists killed more than a hundred people in Paris, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to French political scientist Corinne Mellul about the mood in that country — and an unusual display of French patriotism.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the actor Rainn Wilson about his new memoir, The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to William Lacy Swing, director general of the International Organization for Migration, which estimates over 1 million migrants have arrived in Europe this year.

The Barcelona star has broken several records this year — and many say the 25-year-old still hasn't peaked.

French President Francois Hollande met with President Obama at the White House Tuesday to discuss the fight against ISIS in the wake of the Paris attacks.

The budget cuts set to take effect Jan. 1 were designed to be so draconian that they would force a long-term deal to trim the federal deficit. Scott Horsley talks to Robert Siegel about what budget cuts are likely to remain or be added in a deal to avert the fiscal cliff.

In malls around the country, the holiday shopping season has officially begun. But increasingly, Black Friday is less about lines at stores, and more about online stores.