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Dylann Roof will face hate crime and other federal charges in connection with the killing of nine people at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. Some of the charges are death-penalty eligible.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Susan Worrall, the special collections director of the University of Birmingham's Cadbury Research Library, where the fragments were discovered.

In Pakistan, speaking your mind on some issues can cost you your life. But one small minority is refusing to be silenced.

Iran's market of 80 million, well-educated consumers is not open yet, but French and other European business delegations are already flocking to the country. They will be the first in and have a head start, but analysts say American business could be the big winner in the end.

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with David Knopman, vice chair of the Alzheimer's Association's Medical and Scientific Advisory Council, about more effective diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

The FBI held a press conference Wednesday to provide the latest in the Chattanooga, Tenn., shootings. Authorities say it's too early to tell if the shooter was radicalized.

In South Korea, Buddhist temple food is viewed the way spa food is in the U.S.: curative, cleansing, perhaps even medicinal. Buddhist nuns have preserved these cooking techniques for 1,600 years.

A very rare genetic mutation causes some people to develop Alzheimer's in their 30s. It also makes these people the ideal candidates for tests of potential Alzheimer's drugs.

The increase, which boosts the minimum wage for many fast-food workers from $8.75 to $15 over several years, needs the labor commissioner's OK. Franchise holders say they're being targeted unfairly.

Also: Defense Secretary Ash Carter visits Iraq; a federal appeals court blocks North Dakota's tough abortion law; and the World Santa Congress ends in Denmark.