Weekend Edition Sunday for April 26, 2015
If kids head off to the park to play by themselves, are their parents failing to protect them? Or are they fostering independence? iStockphoto.com hide caption
If kids head off to the park to play by themselves, are their parents failing to protect them? Or are they fostering independence? iStockphoto.com hide caption
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz speaks at the Republican Leadership Summit Saturday in Nashua, N.H. Jim Cole/AP hide caption
This week on The Howard Project, Ariel, Kevin, Taylor and Leighton talk about the soundtrack of their college years. Emily Jan/NPR hide caption
The mountain lion known as P-22 is seen in a photo from November after recovering from mange. He has been living in Griffith Park since at least February 2012. Courtesy of the National Park Service hide caption
President Barack Obama smiles as he looks over towards Cuban President Raul Castro during their meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama on Saturday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
The ground floor walls of the Otaish family's home are gone and the rest of the house is also bombed out, but they have decided to live in what's left of it. Emily Harris/NPR hide caption
The badly damaged Christchurch Cathedral is pictured on Sept. 7, 2011 during a tour given to foreign journalists visiting the city ahead of the rugby 2011 World Cup. England rugby manager Martin Johnson and several members of the playing squad visited the city to see the stadium and the city center which were damaged by an earthquake in February. Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Neil Richardson (left) and John Jemison even fold their arms the same way. Toby Van de Velde/Courtesy of Neil Richardson hide caption
Afghanistan's Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah (left) stands with President Ashraf Ghani, Vice President Joe Bidden, Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns on Tuesday. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Howard University students (left to right) Kevin Peterman, Taylor Davis, Leighton Watson and Ariel Alford are the subjects of NPR's Project Howard. They'll be keeping audio diaries as they finish their final semester of college and look toward their futures. Robb Hill for NPR hide caption
A Cheez Whiz ad from 1952. Courtesy of Kraft Foods hide caption
Deidra Robinson and her father, William Watford III, were extremely close — until she told him she was gay. StoryCorps hide caption