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A month ago, several countries cut ties with Qatar, saying it funds terrorist groups and has too close a relationship with Iran. Qatari-funded Al-Jazeera is caught up in the middle of the crisis.

So many environmentally minded Danes now commute by bicycle that the capital city of Copenhagen has installed digital traffic information signs and created apps to help prevent congestion.

President Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week. Steven Pifer of the Brookings Institution says he hopes there will be a serious tone on both sides, and modest expectations.

Music journalist David Hepworth says 1971 saw "a huge explosion of creativity in a very short period of time." This story originally aired on June 22, 2016, on All Things Considered.

In some fireworks displays, the symphony follows the lead of a pre-programmed launch sequence. In Nashville, Larry Trotter calls the shots in real time for one of the largest shows in the U.S.

The minimum wage is flat, college tuition is up and students are broke: Summer jobs just don't have the purchasing power they used to, especially when you look at the cost of college.

Mary Louise Kelly talks to Major General Joseph Martin, land component commander for the 23 countries fighting alongside Iraqi forces, on efforts to eradicate Mosul of Islamic State forces.

A new kind of urban transport intended to beat traffic jams appears to have gone off the rails. That became clear when police arrested the patent holder and his colleagues for illegal fundraising.

In a July 4 eating contest on Coney Island, Chestnut broke his own record eating 72 hot dogs in 10 minutes. In Washington, D.C., Molly Schuyler won a contest by eating 21 hamburgers in 10 minutes.

Leo Varadkar turned out to meet his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau wearing snazzy red socks emblazoned with maple leaves and Mounties.