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Syria's civil war is expected to be a central issue as the U.S. president meets with the world's other major powers. Obama's decision last week to send weapons to the Syrian rebels is supported by Britain and France, but not by Russia.

Daniel Ortega is not the bombastic revolutionary of years past. He's toned down the rhetoric and his wife runs day-to-day operations. Critics say it's not unlike the regime he toppled 30 years ago.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday. She announced she had pancreatic cancer in June.

British clothing retailer Primark says it will pay $10 million in compensation to the victims of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh last year. The tragedy killed more than 1,100.

There are no more perfect 10s in gymnastics, so the sports commentator is leaping off the balance beam and into the Olympic pool.

An American rabbi reflects on his online friendship with Jacob, a member of Uganda's Abayudaya Jewish community — and what he has learned from their conversations.

In 1693, Elizabeth Johnson was convicted at the height of the Salem witch trials. Her execution was never carried out, but she was never exonerated. A civics class wants the legislature to clear her.

U.S. warplanes strike a suspected safehouse of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Fallujah. Bombs created a 30-foot crater and killed at least 10 people, including women and children, according to Iraqi witnesses. Meanwhile, three Marines are killed in a guerrilla attack in Anbar province. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves.

Jazmine Sullivan will receive Billboard's Rising Star Award for Women in Music this week, just one of many accolades that the singer has earned in her quick rise to stardom. On her new album, Sullivan shows a different response to heartbreak, one that she says reflects a change in her character.

Paul McCracken says the city he worked for raised the requirements for fitness and swimming tests as part of an effort to force out older lifeguards.