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For the first time since Ataturk secularized Turkey at the end of World War I, the Turkish parliament has approved an Islamic fundamentalist as Prime Minister. The emergence of an Islamic-oriented government in this traditionally pro-western NATO nation has caused concern and apprehension inside the country and without. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports. 13. WAR CRIMES -- The international prosecutor at the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague has requested arrest warrants for two Bosnian Serb Leaders. Noah talks about the evidence at the trial, and the fact that prosecutor Mark Harmon claims that these hearings are not enough. >Music 2B CUTAWAY 0:59 Music Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 2B 0:29 RETURN2 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 2C 14. PHILIP JOHNSON IS 90 -- Architect Philip Johnson, the man who designed the AT&T building in New York and Pennzoil Plaza in Houston, among many other buildings, is 90 today. Johnson's career has followed the evolution of architecture in this century. Critics say he has the greatest architectural presence of modern times, and that no one has known better where architecture was going decade after decade. NPR's Susan Stamberg profiles the architect.

Steve Inskeep talks to David Salmonsen, senior director for congressional relations of the American Farm Bureau Federation, about China announcing sanctions on U.S. goods and agricultural exports.

State lawmakers expressed outrage during a legislative hearing Thursday over the issue of affluent families from Chicago suburbs transferring...

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, numerous states have banned abortion. Here are the states with bans or severe restrictions in effect, on hold or pending.

Nationwide, thousands of flights were canceled or delayed. In some places, temperatures dropped more than 30 degrees in an hour. Wind chills reached well below zero. Inches of snow fell.

Police are getting better tools for mining data. They're supposed to make law enforcement more surgical, but some say it's a high-tech justification for targeting certain places and people.

Should "potential exposure" by a health worker to someone with coronavirus be enough to send that worker home for two weeks of self-quarantine? Health systems have begun debating relative risks.

The testing of lenacapavir was halted because results were so impressive — 100% effectiveness. The decision was made to give all participants the injection rather than the alternative daily pill.

North Carolina has become one of the most hotly contested battleground states in presidential elections. One of the reasons is that the state's population is growing and becoming more diverse.

NPR's A Martinez talks to to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about the spread of COVID-19, and vaccine hesitancy. As case counts rise, the White House pushes for more Americans to get vaccinated.