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A new program in Seattle brings together officers and people who often avoid them, starting with refugee women.

Democratic hopefuls are pursuing a variety of strategies in their quest to amass delegates for this summer's nominating convention. But some are running out of gas. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and Donna Brazile, the political operative who managed Al Gore's presidential campaign in 2000.

The "mother robot" at the University of Cambridge tests its "children," and from those tests, designs even better ones.

The chance of owning a home is beyond the reach of millions of Americans. In Minnesota, community groups concerned with affordable housing are joining with prison inmates trying to resurrect careers of their own.

If you've ever wanted to eat a replica of the Mars rover Curiosity that made history this summer, here's your chance. A Caltech chef made one out of gingerbread, and it's on display in the lobby of the Athenaeum, a faculty and staff club on the Caltech campus.

Aqualung created a stir in Britain with a pop song that first drew attention as the background for a car advertisement. Now Matt Hales' piano-driven pop act is quietly mounting a U.S. invasion with a new CD, Strange and Beautiful.

If it had not grown so strong in the South, among displaced workers, white evangelicals and older white males without college degrees, the GOP might not be crowning a champion chosen by these voters.

People in Saranac Lake, NY have been building massive palaces out of ice since 1898. It's a folk art that requires a lot of caution and tolerance for bitter cold.

Oklahoma City is slated to be the new site of America's tallest skyscraper. Legends Tower is designed to be 134 stories — more than twice the height of anything else in the city.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Cynthia Cook from the Center for International and Strategic Studies about why naval shipbuilding in the U.S. has become so difficult lately.