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The message of outrage over a massacre in Houla, Syria, is now coming from one of Syria's neighbors and allies.

On Tuesday the U.S. expelled the top Syrian diplomat to protest a massacre in the city of Houla that killed over 100 people. Joshua E. Keating of Foreign Policy explains how diplomatic expulsions usually go down.

On June 5 Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will face Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in a recall election. John Nichols of The Nation argues that while Walker has criticized the recall, he has a history of supporting the maneuver.

What Mitt Romney is looking for in Donald Trump is something he can't get from other billionaires. It is populist appeal. Trump has star power the way Sarah Palin had star power, except you won't catch him retreating to Alaska and renouncing it.

The man who has represented the interests of Syrians living in Southern California as honorary consul general there has resigned from the volunteer position. Last Friday's massacre in Houla was "the tipping point," Hazem Chehabi tells NPR.

Israeli demonstrators turned violent last week when calling for the deportation of African immigrants. Host Michel Martin speaks with Ilan Lior, a reporter with Israel's Haaretz newspaper. They discuss the Tel Aviv protest and why tensions are boiling over between some Israelis and African immigrants.

Two fires started by lightning merged to become one enormous fire in rugged terrain that makes it hard to control.

Researchers who study air traffic may have come up with a better way to allocate organs. The key is balancing fairness and efficiency.

The Pakistani doctor who American officials say was recruited by the CIA to help in the hunt for Osama bin Laden, and has since been sentenced to 33 years in prison, was convicted of having ties to a banned militant group, not for alleged treason.

Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker holds his lead over his Democratic challenger, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, in a new statewide poll of registered voters.