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Ukraine's Jamala is this year's winner with a haunting song about the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars during World War II. Politics are never far from the surface at the European song contest.

It's customer and staff complaints that did away with the model to start, but that's also what's bringing the tradition back to restaurants that've been experimenting with the policy to even out pay.

It's another sign that President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi will not tolerate dissent. Demonstrating without government permission is illegal in Egypt. The protests last month were small, but significant.

"Ignorance is not a virtue," the president told Rutgers University's class of 2016, in an apparent critique of Donald Trump. He called for embracing an interconnected world over building walls.

It's that time of year when TV networks decide which shows to cancel and which to renew for the 2016-2017 season. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans gives an update on the new and canceled shows.

Interfaith marriage is on the rise, putting parents in a tough spot to choose one religion to pass to their kids. Rami Ayyub reports on a Maryland Sunday school that says it's possible to have both.

There's a deep divide in the state over a law limiting civil rights protections for LGBTQ people. Amid a national backlash, nearly 49 percent of people in the state say they support parts of the law.

A $10 billion program to eliminate long wait times and other problems for veterans' health care hasn't worked out as planned. More veterans wait even longer for care now than they did a year ago.

Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of one of Turkey's oldest newspapers, was attacked outside a court in Istanbul, before he was sentenced for revealing state secrets. Renee Montagne talks to Dundar.

Liquor makers are turning to cow's milk to make spirits — specifically whey, the byproduct of cheese. Whey is highly fermentable. Distillers call the trend, "grass to glass."