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You can rate your dinner, your hotel stay, your dentist, and your phone call with the cable company. NPR's Scott Simon wonders if all these requests for feedback have any actual impact.

Two churches were bombed in Egypt Sunday, killing more than 40 people. To learn about the Coptic Christian community that was targeted, Rachel Martin talks to Sudarsan Raghavan of The Washington Post.

In 2008, the Texas-based franchise Torchy's Tacos registered the phrase "damn good tacos." Torchy's is suing Colorado restaurant "Dam Good Tacos" over the rights to the phrase.

The U.S. wants to see changes within the United Nations, as well as its peacekeeping operations worldwide — most of which are in Africa. The U.S. is the biggest donor to the budget.

President Trump received support for bombing a Syrian airfield. A divisive question looms over any deeper involvement in Syria's war. Steve Inskeep talks to Jonah Goldberg of the National Review.

Could it be the biggest upset in tennis history? Roberta Vinci beat Serena Williams in the semifinals of the U.S. Open. Vinci and fellow Italian will face off in the final on Saturday.

A new film set at the International Mathematical Olympiad is a story of love and numbers. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Stanford University professor Keith Devlin about what the competition entails.

Another lavish $215 million arena built for last year's event is now a homeless shelter. Touted as one of the best World Cups in history on the pitch, it's left a hangover of waste and mismanagement.

The 82-year-old playwright says he thought he was done writing about South Africa after apartheid ended — but there were more stories in him, like this tale of a farmer who paints his life on rocks.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with James Phillips, international affairs director of the German Pilots Association, for the latest on Andreas Lubitz and reaction from German pilots.