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Assad's downfall came less than two weeks after an initial incursion west of the country's second largest city, Aleppo, triggered a cascading series of routs and retreats by the demoralized Syrian military.

The private residence of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was ransacked after rebels took over the capital, forcing him to flee the country.

President-elect Trump lays out plan for his first 100 days during interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press."

Pediatric cancer survival rates are a crowning medical achievement. But the impact of missing school is a less-discussed side effect children then face.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to U.S. college student Juliette Sartori about how her an idea for a new club, Dinner with a Stranger, became a huge hit at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Abigail Hunter of the nonpartisan organization SAFE about the Chinese government's recent ban on exports of rare minerals to the U.S.

Listener Ernie Thurston of Asheville, N.C., plays the puzzle with NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Weekend Edition host Ayesha Rascoe.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks "American Idol" alum Clay Aiken about his latest holiday album, "Christmas Bells Are Ringing."

'Tis the season for a murder mystery! NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Benjamin Stevenson about "Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret," a book he structured like a grim Advent calendar.

Nick Frost on his newest horror comedy and what makes the slasher funny.