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Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote songs for The Beatles under Lennon-McCartney, but a new statistical model can be used to tell who actually took the lead.

A Songwriting Mystery Solved: Math Proves John Lennon Wrote 'In My Life'

John Lennon and Paul McCartney have differing memories of who wrote the music for "In My Life." A mathematics professor has spent 10 years working with statistics to decide once and for all.

Thousands of Berliners come to Tempelhof on warm summer evenings, but there's always room for more.

The Site Of The Berlin Airlift Now Serves As Refugee Shelter And Big Open Park

Berlin postcard: Tempelhof Field, a former airport that's had many functions in history, from Nazi camp to U.S. base, now hosts modular homes for migrants and fun recreational areas.

White nationalists, neo-Nazis, KKK and members of the "alt-right" demonstrated during last year's "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va.

Alt-Right Groups Splinter, Distance From White Supremacy

"How [do] they want to represent themselves?" one expert asked. "Is it with Nazi-like symbolism or imagery or is it in polo shirts and khakis ... that could be more palatable to the American public?"

Jennifer Fox's film, <em>The Tale,</em> has been nominated for an Emmy Award for best television movie. Fox wants the film to change people's understanding of child sexual abuse: "Let's use my story to change the world."

Fresh Air Weekend: A 'Tale' Inspired By Real-Life Trauma; Reducing Mass Incarceration

Jennifer Fox's HBO film, The Tale, is based on the sexual abuse she experienced as a child. Justin Chang reviews BlacKkKlansmen. Julian Adler and Judge Victoria Pratt discuss alternatives to jail.

Lindsey Reisser, 25, and her fiance Carl Thomas, 25, bring flowers to the site her friend Heather Heyer died last year at the Unite the Right rally. "Heather was a very close friend of mine," she said weeping. "I asked her not to go. It didn't feel right, there was tension in Charlottesville."

'We Are Resilient': Memorials, Heavy Police Presence Mark Charlottesville Anniversary

A year after white supremacists marched through town with tiki torches, Charlottesville residents say they wanted people to know the city "isn't a hashtag."

Censorship On Social Media

Facebook, Spotify and YouTube have dropped conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Twitter has not. NPR's Lakshmi Singh talks to Recode editor Kara Swisher and former Microsoft executive Mark Penn.

A voter in Sandy Springs, Ga. on May 9, 2018. Georgia is one of 14 states that use electronic voting machines that don't produce a paper trail to verify results, which concerns many security experts.

Election Security Becomes A Political Issue In Georgia Governor's Race

The Republican candidate, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, is the state's top election official. He's been criticized for not doing enough to secure Georgia's voting systems.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige, pictured in 2016, faced a strong challenge to his re-election but won his party's nomination Saturday.

Gov. David Ige, Ed Case, Tulsi Gabbard Take Wins In Hawaii Democratic Primary

Hawaii is heavily Democratic and the primary is the most competitive election. Hawaii Gov. David Ige appeared to hold onto his job, while former Rep. Ed Case looks set to return to Washington.

At the main ambulance base in central Freetown, Sierra Leone, a government health worker disinfects ambulances with chlorine spray during the 2014 Ebola outbreak.

Chasing A Dream: An Ambulance Service That People Can Trust

As Sierra Leone's first national ambulance service revs up, there are a few bumps in the road.

This laser unit is one of six that repel thieving birds from the blueberry fields of Meduri Farms near Jefferson, Ore.

Growers Are Beaming Over The Success Of Lasers To Stave Off Thieving Birds

Laser beams that sweep erratically across crops have shown promise in protecting harvests from loss caused by birds. But researchers are still studying whether the beams may harm the animals' retinas.

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