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Youth Pride festivities took place on Saturday — part of the World Pride event in New York City.

They are obsessed with epic rap battles, embodied by multi-lingual, Oxford-educated Russian rapper Oxxxymiron, who was last seen battling California rapper Dizaster on YouTube with millions of views.

Smithfield CEO Larry Pope tried to reassure lawmakers that the sale of his Virginia based company will not mean a transfer of jobs to China or a reduction in food safety. He appeared before lawmakers on the Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday.

The documentary Festival Express captures a 1970 train tour across Canada with Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead and other music icons. Director Bob Smeaton talks to NPR's Liane Hansen.

The proposed merger is the latest in a string of big health care business combinations, as companies within the industry look for leverage and savings.

Secretary of State John Kerry in Vienna expresses his "outrage" over the Paris terror attacks and plans to meet with France's foreign minister in the morning.

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier was convicted of killing two FBI agents in the 1970s.

The administration and the states continue to grapple with how to move forward following the disaster.

Phyllis Joffe reports on the Fund for New American Plays, as it celebrates its 10th anniversary season. The Fund was established by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington and American Express, to encourage the creation of new American plays. At a time when alternatives to federal funding for the arts are increasingly in demand, the Fund was instrumental in getting such works off the ground as "The Kentucky Cycle," "The Heidi Chronicles," "Angels in America," and David Henry Hwang's "Golden Child," now at the Kennedy Center.

News of Ted Stevens' indictment for allegedly failing to disclose services he received from a private company drew mixed reactions from his Senate colleagues. The Alaska senator, who faces seven felony counts, has allies on both sides of the aisle and has declared his innocence.