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Amid ongoing fighting in Ukraine and stepped-up U.S. and EU sanctions on Russia, the deal has met with little criticism in the shipbuilding town of St. Nazaire, where it has created 2,500 jobs.

The militant group that calls itself the Islamic State have begun a new round of fighting with the Syrian regime, surrounding a base outside its stronghold in Raqqa and launching offensives in Aleppo province and Kurdish regions. The death toll in Syria this week reportedly has reached 1,700, most of whom are combatants of one sort or another.

The peaches we eat today look very little like the first peaches planted. We can thank the Chinese farmers who first domesticated the fruit for kicking off millennia of breeding for perfection.

Decade after decade, political candidates come to an Ohio city to use its troubles as a backdrop. They assign blame for its job losses, and make promises for its future. So far, not much has changed.

Both son and daughter recalled the unbreakable love between their mother and father, former President Ronald Reagan. "They were co-equals; they completed each other," said Ronald Prescott Reagan.

An early pioneer in American pet photography, Frees died in poverty and obscurity.

Peter Balakian is the author of "Ozone Journal," winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Scott Simon talks with Balakian about how the collection has changed since he began writing decades ago.

A major storm just left the region early Monday; another is due to sweep through starting Tuesday. Emergency crews have taken this chance to rescue people stranded by the first storm.

The report comes after a joint investigation by NPR and PBS' Frontline that uncovered how private insurance companies in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy were profiting while homeowners suffered.

Gov. John Bel Edwards told residents of the North Louisiana town Friday not to use tap water after officials found water going to three buildings was contaminated with lead or copper.