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The new film 99 Homes follows a realtor and an evictee during the 2010 housing crisis in Florida. Writer and director Ramin Bahrani tells NPR's Kelly McEvers of his firsthand research for the movie.

During his trip to New York City, Pope Francis visited the Sept. 11 memorial on Friday, also taking part in an interfaith service with other religious leaders. He is visiting with families of the terror attacks' victims, as well.

No, Trump is not a member of the House. But that doesn't matter. The Constitution does not actually require the speaker to be a member — only to be elected by a majority of those who are.

In the ad for Verizon's backup generators, Luke McCown says, "I bet if they just had the chance, some of those backups would really shine." With starter Drew Brees injured, McCown gets his chance.

In ancient Greece, philosophers denied that women were capable of friendship. Marilyn Yalom and Theresa Donovan Brown trace the way those perceptions changed over the years in this engaging history.

High above the Black Sea, villagers communicate across deep valleys using a whistled language. Elders are working to keep alive this tradition, which could have implications for brain science.

House Speaker John Boehner shocked Washington on Friday when he said he would leave Congress by the end of October. NPR's Scott Simon talks to correspondent Sue Davis about what's next for House Republicans.

The strain of coping with asylum seekers on their joint border is causing Serbia and Croatia to invoke retaliatory frontier restrictions — and recall their bitter political history.

Since Syria's civil war, Brazil has quietly accepted more Syrian refugees than any other country in Latin America. Those refugees are now building new lives and connecting with Syrian history there.

The news follows an announcement on Friday that the German automaker, rocked by an emissions testing scandal, had appointed a new CEO.