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A lost song that German composer Felix Mendelssohn wrote in 1842 has been found, but its sudden emergence is clouded in mystery. Why was it found in the U.S., and why was it never published?

A Colombian man trying to sneak more than a pound of the drug into Spain was caught with the package (poorly) hidden under his fake hair, a police official told NPR.

Steve Inskeep shares listeners' picks for movies to watch over the New Year's holiday.

NPR's podcast and show Invisibilia explore how clothes shape who people think we are and who we want to be. Hanna Rosin tells the tale of an Auschwitz prisoner who appropriated a Nazi's shirt.

When a friend suffered what he called "a professional setback," Johannes Haushofer put together his "CV of failures." Haushofer says failure is an essential part of what is means to be a scientist.

Dr. Hussam Jefee-Bahloul writes poems to capture his longing for his troubled homeland.

The rope used in the incident was allegedly one of several that had been tied to the tree for a performance by a student organization years ago.

Police predict that as the water level drops because of drought, more bodies will be found.

The Albuquerque Police Department filed charges Monday in court against a 19-year-old man in connection with the Sunday evening shooting at a cinema complex next to an interstate highway.

Comic Rodney Dangerfield's death this week at 82 ends a one-of-a-kind career that started late but rarely failed to amuse. Hear New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell and NPR's Scott Simon.