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The remains of the fertilizer plant that exploded in the town of West, Texas, on April 17.

Criminal Probe Launched In Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast

The Texas Rangers will join with local investigators. The April 17 explosion killed 15 people and devastated the small community of West, near Waco.

Steve Carell spent six years as Dunder Mifflin boss Michael Scott on NBC's <em>The Office </em>before departing the show in 2011.

The 'Real Life' Of Actor Steve Carell

The comedian, also known for his work on The Daily Show and in films such as The 40-Year-Old-Virgin and Little Miss Sunshine, played paper company Dunder Mifflin boss Michael Scott on the hit NBC comedy series The Office for five years. He left the show in 2011.

Bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, in a surveillance image taken shortly before the blasts that struck the Boston Marathon last month.

Boston Bombing Suspect Buried In Secret At Virginia Cemetery

After a funeral director's two-week ordeal to find a place that would accept his body, Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried at a Muslim cemetery in central Virginia.

Benghazi Review Leader Offered To Testify On Capitol Hill

The former ambassador who led a review of the Benghazi consulate attack tells NPR he offered to testify at a House hearing but wasn't invited by Republicans.

The giant panda Lin Ping, a star in Thailand whose mandatory trip to China was due at the end of May, can spend up to 15 years in Thailand, under a deal announced this week. The 43-day-old Lin Ping was held by her mother, Lin Hui, in this 2009 photo.

Celebrity Panda To Return To Thailand, For $1 Million A Year

The citizens of Thailand are breathing a sigh of relief, after a breakthrough moment in panda relations was reached with China Friday. After much negotiation, Lin Ping, a female giant panda who became a reality TV star after being born in Thailand's Chiang Mai Zoo, will be allowed to stay in Thailand for 15 years.

Commander Chris Hadfield discovered the leaking ammonia on Thursday.

Spacewalk Planned To Repair Station's Leaky Cooling System

Astronauts discovered an ammonia leak in a system designed to keep the International Space Station's power supply cool.

A Pentagon survey released this week estimated that 26,000 people in the military were sexually assaulted last year. Women on the Senate and House Armed Services committees are leveraging their clout in response to the problem.

On Military Sexual Assault Issue, A New Era for An Old Committee

Women on the Senate and House Armed Services committees are leveraging their clout in response to the problem of sexual assaults in the military.

An Internal Revenue Service official apologized for workers who targeted certain conservative groups. But that did little to defuse the situation.

IRS's Tea Party Scrutiny Adds To Conservatives' Case Against Obama

The targeting by IRS workers in Cincinnati of the filings of conservative groups for added scrutiny was an innocent mistake, said an agency official who apologized. But President Obama's critics see more nefarious motives in the action.

Yngwie Malmsteen: 'I've Always Been A Little Bit Of An Extremist'

Malmsteen is the king of the neoclassical shred guitar. The Swedish musician and composer has somehow bridged centuries, from Paganini to his own arpeggiated acrobatics. Here, the guitarist speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about being a family man and growing up on Bach and Jimi Hendrix.

A task force has recommended building an entirely new school in Newtown, Conn., in place of Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Newtown Panel Votes To Build New School At Sandy Hook Site

After multiple meetings about whether to renovate, rebuild or relocate, town leaders voted to tear down the elementary school in which 26 children and educators were killed in a mass shooting in December.

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