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Federal forecasters expect more hurricanes than usual this year. Climate change is driving larger, more destructive storms. This is the seventh year in a row with an above-average forecast.

Composer George Lam wanted people to experience a landmark neighborhood from the inside.

April 25 is Yom Hashoah, an annual remembrance of the Holocaust. It is still used as a touchstone for modern-day genocide. For NPR's Jeffrey Katz, it is more than a day of remembrance

Pyongyang resident Richard Ragan has a unique perspective on life in North Korea: His is the only American family with permission to live in the highly secretive country. Ragan heads the United Nations' World Food program there.

Gen. Colin Powell believes America today is similar to the one that welcomed his immigrant parents 80 years ago -- a country based on openness, freedom and democracy for its citizens and visitors.

An advisory committee has issued its draft recommendations to screen kids earlier for anxiety and depression. Experts say this will help children get help before things escalate into a crisis.

Sami Abdelshafi, co-founder and senior partner of Emerge Consulting Group, is cautiously optimistic about the new Gaza border-crossing agreement between the Palestinian people and Israel. Abdelshafi's company provides economic analysis to businesses, government groups and non-profits operating in Gaza.

French police have banned gatherings and increased security in Paris this weekend to prevent further violence. NPR's Adam Davidson discusses the impact of increased police presence on some of the communities most affected by the riots of the past two weeks.

Some 300 million monarch butterflies spread all over North America will soon converge on small forests in the mountains of Mexico. This year, the butterflies have unusual company -- Francisco Gutierrez. He plans to follow the monarchs' migration in a 33-foot wide utralight airplane.

Iraqi leaders have less than a week to approve a new constitution. But there's little agreement on a draft document that the National Assembly must approve. Meanwhile, daily violence continues. A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers on patrol Tuesday.