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Two bodybuilders go at it in a legal battle that reveals how university patents for federally funded research can end up in unexpected places.

Dallas Police Chief David Brown has been at the forefront of efforts to make police work more transparent and to train officers in de-escalation tactics.

Russians are observing a day of mourning for the more than 200 people who died in a plane crash in Egypt. Officials have begun an investigation into the crash and the airline that owned the plane.

President Obama announced that he will send several dozen special operation troops to Syria. Military analyst Michael O'Hanlon tells NPR's Rachel Martin that putting boots on the ground is long overdue.

The Blessed Mother at New York City's Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church has presided over her flock since 1884, and she's just gotten a makeover, complete with a designer gown of gold-embroidered satin.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rabbi Uri Ayalon, a social activist who lives not too far from the bus attack in Jerusalem Tuesday. He says most of the Palestinian population is not violent.

Calling all undiscovered artists: This might be your chance to perform at music's most famous desk.

Ford Motor Company plans to roll out a fleet of hybrid cars, and it's also developing new ride-hailing services. This is Ford's latest effort to not just sell cars, but drive people and gain entry into the ride-hailing economy dominated by Uber and Lyft. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the Ford CEO Mark Fields about the company's move into other markets and the future of the auto industry.

Wheaton College, an Evangelical school outside of Chicago, has been roiled by questions about Christianity's posture toward Islam and academic freedom at religious schools. An associate professor who vowed recently to wear a headscarf in solidarity with Muslims was suspended from her job this week. The college says it's not because of the headscarf, but because of theological questions raised by a Facebook post in which she cited Pope Francis's recent statement that Muslims and Christians worship the same God.

On the third anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Chris Kelsey, a tax assessor in Newtown, Conn., whose task it was to figure out what to do with the things people sent to the town in response to the mass shooting.