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#NPRreads: Three Great Reads To Cuddle Up With This Weekend

Revisit the obituaries of prominent black leaders, mull the ethics of photography and hear from a former NFL star about why he regrets ever playing football.

Clinton Sharpens Her Criticisms Of Main Challenger Sen. Bernie Sanders

As the Iowa caucuses approach, Hillary Clinton is more aggressively challenging Sander's experience and policy goals. Those attacks have an echo of the 2008 race she ultimately lost to Barack Obama.

Lori Barlow gave up a six-figure salary as a financial planner and a home on the beach to help people make the near impossible leap from shelter to home.

Not Giving Up: Arizona Residents Get A New Start In Refurbished Motel

The spirit of Route 66 is alive in a community helping homeless people rebuild their lives.

Oregon's New Site To Explore: Valhalla

A natural wonder 60 miles from Portland has never been documented until now. It's a deep and narrow slot canyon. There are concerns a lot of adventure-seekers from all over will show up to explore it.

Danish police conduct spot checks on incoming traffic from Germany at a highway border crossing near Padborg, Denmark, on Jan. 6. Officials say they've been overwhelmed by the 20,000 asylum seekers who came to Denmark last year.

Denmark Wants To Become 'A Little Bit Less Attractive' To Refugees

The Danish government is determined to persuade asylum seekers not to come to Denmark. Its plan to order police to seize cash and valuables from asylum seekers is sparking an outcry.

Before it moved to the Museum of Fine Arts, Frida Kahlo's <em>Dos Mujeres (Salvadora y Herminia)</em> belonged to the family of American industrialist Jackson Cole Phillips, who purchased it from Kahlo in 1929.

Boston Museum Acquires First Painting Frida Kahlo Ever Sold

Kahlo painted Dos Mujeres (Salvadora y Herminia) in 1928 and sold it in 1929. Conservators at the Museum of Fine Arts say the maids in the portrait may have cared for Kahlo after a violent car crash.

To Be Young, 'Gifted' And Black, It Helps To Have A Black Teacher

A new study finds black students are half as likely as white students to be assigned to a gifted program. Unless their teacher looks like them.

Members of Doctors Without Borders demonstrated in Geneva, after U.S. forces bombed the organization's hospital in the northern Afghanistan city of Kunduz.

MSF Director Unsatisfied With Pentagon's 'Admission Of Gross Negligence'

The Pentagon's report says the Doctors Without Borders hospital attack in Afghanistan was an accident. The group's executive director, Jason Cone, says it raises more questions than it answers.

A 'March For Justice' On Chicago's Magnificent Mile

In Chicago today, protesters walked in a "march for justice," following the first-degree murder charges against police officer Jason Van Dyke in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Shari Runner, interim president and CEO of the Chicago Urban League.

A solar tower belonging to the Spanish firm Abengoa is shown near Seville, in southern Spain, on Nov. 13. The large renewable energy company, which has been heavily subsidized by the government, is in danger of becoming the country's largest bankruptcy. The company also has a large solar facility in Arizona that has received U.S. government loan guarantees.

Bankruptcy Looms For Spain's Green Energy Giant

Abengoa, a large renewable energy company with a huge solar plant in Arizona, is in danger of becoming Spain's biggest bankruptcy case of all time.

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