Whatever happened to ... the Rohingya refugee who won a U.N. award for his photos? We catch up with Sahat Zia Hero, a winner last year of the Nansen Refugee Award for "outstanding work" helping displaced people. He is still making pictures: "This is a tough life." Maria Isabel Barros Guinle
'The Dictionary Story' is a kids' book that defies definition Dictionary wants to bring her pages to life but then a hungry alligator chasing a donut crashes into a queen who slips on some soap and chaos ensues. Can Dictionary put herself back together again? Samantha Balaban
In 'Miss Merkel,' Germany's former chancellor is a crime-solving amateur detective The German crime fiction series, based on novels of the same name, depicts former Chancellor Angela Merkel as an Agatha Christie-style small-town detective who solves crimes out of sheer boredom. Esme Nicholson
An Uber driver became this dad's unsung hero at a time of crisis On this week's "My Unsung Hero": Ian Sandler's daughter was at a sleepaway camp, hours away, when he received a call that she was critically ill. An Uber driver helped him in those stressful hours.
Court orders a new hearing for Adnan Syed in 'Serial' case. Here's what to know The Maryland Supreme Court upheld a decision to reinstate Syed's murder conviction and ordered a redo hearing. It comes just two years since Syed was freed from prison. Juliana Kim
Zozobra: the 100th anniversary of a Santa Fe tradition A 50-foot-tall structure of Old Man Gloom, stuffed with peoples' worries, anxieties and gloomy thoughts, will be set ablaze.
A bill to protect performers from unauthorized AI heads to California governor California Assembly Bill 2602 would regulate the use of generative AI for performers – not only those on-screen in films, TV and streaming series but also audiobooks and video games. Mandalit del Barco
Donor's note trashing design of pillars he funded at London's National Gallery is found Lord Sainsbury didn’t like the design of the wing his family funded. He paid for it though, and slipped a 1990 letter into a pillar during construction. Construction workers found it 33 years later. Lauren Frayer
Celebrating movie icons: The films of Sergio Leone Once disparaged as "spaghetti Westerns," Leone's films helped revive the genre, and ushered in a unique visual style. In 2005, cultural historian Christopher Frayling reflected on Leone's influence. Terry Gross
Celebrating movie icons: Western stunt double Hal Needham Needham, who died in 2013, worked as a Hollywood stuntman for over 40 years. In this 2011 interview, he detailed some of his most death-defying feats — and why he disliked modern special effects. Terry Gross