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On September 11, 2001, Stephanie Streit was a senior in high school. It took her a few years to make the leap, but she's spent the last decade training to be a military trauma surgeon.

The city of nearly 90,000 is making an effort to become bike-friendly as a way to cater to existing residents — many of whom bike because they have to.

Tim Tebow said goodbye to football, but that wasn't the end of his sports career. NPR's Rachel Martin talks sports with Mike Pesca of The Gist podcast.

For this week's puzzle, you'll get a list of categories. Alphabetize the category's members by the last letter of each word to find the answer.

Protesters on the streets of Madrid chanted that bullfighting is "torture — not art or culture!" Supporters say it is a crucial part of Spanish culture. Fewer and fewer Spaniards support the pastime.

The island of Kinmen is just 1 mile off the coast of mainland China, and many residents are divided over their increasingly cozy relationship with their wealthy neighbor.

Derek Gripper's exploration of West African kora music has produced two acclaimed albums — and, he says, a better understanding of the classical music he played as a kid.

Veteran AP reporter Kathy Gannon discusses her experience covering the war in Afghanistan from the beginning, and describes what has changed over the last 15 years.

Fifteen years later, some of the places with heightened security restrictions following the terrorist attacks remain that way. Access to an outdoor sculpture in Seattle, for example, is still tight.

At 27, Sara Blakely was selling fax machines and desperate to reinvent her life. So she came up with Spanx — hosiery that eliminates panty lines — and set to work building her business.