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Hessah al-Ajaji drives down the busy Tahlia Street after midnight for the first time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia Lifts Ban On Female Drivers

The country allowed women to drive for the first time on Sunday. Previously, women in Saudi Arabia depended on chauffeurs and male relatives to travel anywhere via car, even to run simple errands.

Saudi Women Can Finally Drive, As Ban Is Lifted

Saudi Arabia has lifted its ban on women driving. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Time magazine's Aryn Baker who's been out on a ride with some of the first women drivers.

In the Sochi Olympic Park, the Bolshoy Ice Dome is seen behind the Olympic flame cauldron, which now has a singing fountain that performs for tourists after sunset. The 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, was the most expensive Olympics in history.

#Sochifornia: Locals Say 2014 Olympics Helped Sochi Shed Its Soviet Sheen

One of the World Cup hosts, Sochi is known for the 2014 Games, the most expensive Olympics in history. Now Instagram culture has dubbed it #Sochifornia — as in, Russia's answer to California.

A History Of The Department Of Education

President Trump wants to abolish the Education Department as a standalone agency. He's the latest Republican to try. NPR's Michel Martin looks back on the history with Alyson Klein of Education Week.

A view inside the Up Stairs bar following a fire that left 32 dead and several more injured, seen on June 25, 1973. Most of the victims were found near the windows in the background.

In 1973, An Arson Killed 32 People At A Gay Bar. For Years, It Was Forgotten

It was 45 years ago this Sunday that one of the worst attacks on LGBTQ Americans left 32 people dead. For decades, homophobia led many to ignore the tragedy.

Leonissa Duarte, 18, left, and Freddy Tijerino, 18, star in director Anali Cabrera's film<em> Luna at Moonlight</em>, set at the Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale, CA.

To Answer Hollywood's Diversity Problem, California Program Hands Kids The Camera

This weekend, Youth Cinema Project students screened their films for the public. The program aims to create a pipeline to get kids of color in underachieving schools into the filmmaking industry.

Donald Hall, former poet laureate of the United States and author of numerous poetry books, poses in 2006 in the barn of the 200-year-old Wilmot, N.H., farm that has been in his family for four generations. Hall died on Saturday at age 89.

Donald Hall, Former Poet Laureate, Dies At 89

Hall, the author of more than 40 books, died on Saturday at his family farm in the town of Wilmot, N.H.

The Dark Side Of Keeping The Streets Clean In Rwanda's Capital

Rwanda, the land of 1,000 hills, is also known for being ordered and clean. But human rights groups say there is a lurid story behind the clean streets in Kigali.

A Department of Homeland Security bus pulled up outside Annunciation House, a shelter for migrants and refugees in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday. Parents filed off and walked into the shelter, some exposing their GPS ankle monitors.

Call A 1-800 Number And Wait: Migrant Parents Search For Their Children

The government is telling parents looking for their children to dial a 1-800 number. One legal coordinator says in her experience, parents aren't getting information for four or five days.

Saudi Arabia Ends Its Widely Criticized Ban On Female Drivers

Over the weekend in Saudi Arabia, a ban was lifted and woman are allowed to drive. There are only a few driver's ed courses for women in the country, so many Saudi women still have to go to school.

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