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Pope Francis has selected the Second Sunday of Easter as the date for their canonization. The ceremony at the Vatican is expected to draw large crowds, especially from John Paul II's native Poland.

The first African-American woman to cover the White House for a major news network, Thornton was also the first black host of NPR's All Things Considered. She died last week at the age of 71.

Most of the explosions struck areas with large Shiite populations; news agencies report as many as 13 or 14 separate explosions.

The regular season ended with a dramatic no-hitter and a tie that will force an elimination game. But the season's finish also means that Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez can start his formal appeal of a 211-game suspension.

Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave was one of several films premiering at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Black British filmmaking is on the rise.

A record number of people are hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. This year, more than a thousand backpackers applied for permits to complete the entire 2,650 mile trek between Mexico and Canada, though just about half of them are expected to actually finish as the season wraps up this October.

Part of the mission of All Tech Considered is to pay attention to how modern gadgets affect us as humans. We want you to help us understand this. So tell us: When did you realize your mobile phone was indispensable? Or, if you prefer, turn it around and tell us about a moment you wished you did not even have one. Click here to tell us your cellphone story. Please put "Phone Story" in the subject line. Please send us no more than 100 words.

As the U.S. government braces for a shutdown, the Senate voted Monday to reject amendments to a stopgap spending bill passed by the House of Representatives that would have delayed the healthcare law for a year and repeal a tax on medical devices, and returned a "clean" continuing resolution that would keep the government open until Nov. 15 — and leave Obamacare intact — to the House.

Congress went down to the wire Monday night but still failed to compromise on a spending bill, resulting in a partial government shutdown.

Kicking off a week of stories on Morning Edition about the extraordinarily talented children often known as prodigies,