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What's the situation facing the United Nations team on the ground in Syria this weekend? Host Scott Simon talks with Peter Harling, Middle East project director of the International Crisis Group, who's in and out of Syria frequently.

With an agreed cease-fire deadline fast approaching, violence across Syria appears to be escalating; hundreds of people have reportedly been killed in the past few days. As NPR's Grant Clark reports, there's much international skepticism that a peace plan for Syria will get off the ground next week.

Flanked by north side City Councilor Jack Henderson and the local head of the NCAAP, Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan met with reporters in a Saturday…

If it's not already marked on your calendar, here's your warning: Today is International Pillow Fight Day. Cities around the world are taking the holiday seriously — as serious as a pillow fight can be, anyway.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma teachers say the elimination of a stipend program for completing a rigorous national certification process could have…

Connecticut is on track to become the next state to abolish the death penalty, following a vote this week by the state Senate. Supporters say the law will apply only to future cases, but critics say it could be used by current death row inmates to challenge their sentences.

Temperatures around the nation have been unusually warm this spring. While it might be time to lie on a blanket in the park, climate scientists are worried. They say all these sunny days are actually an extreme weather event, one with local and global implications.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is scheduled to make a one-day visit to India on Sunday, April 8. It's the first visit by a Pakistani president since 2005. However Zardari's trip is being described as a personal visit in an attempt to keep expectations low and to allow both sides room to avoid confronting difficult issues, such as Indian demands that Pakistan do more to fight terrorism. Elliot Hannon reports from New Delhi.

A music-focused math program in the San Francisco Bay Area is showing significant results. Third graders in San Bruno, Calif., who took two 30-minute music classes better understood fractions than those who did not follow the curriculum.

On the heels of his report about Mike Daisey's largely fabricated This American Life story, our China correspondent, Rob Schmitz is back with a new…