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Leo Lech stands on a pile of wood in his neighbor's yard, which overlooks the back of his former home in Greenwood Village, Colo. In 2015, the home was destroyed by the police during a standoff with a gunman and has since been razed and rebuilt. On Tuesday, a federal appeals court ruled that the city does not owe Lech any compensation.

Police Owe Nothing To Man Whose Home They Blew Up, Appeals Court Says

A federal appeals court ruled this week that a Colorado man whose house suffered significant damage in a police operation in 2015 isn't entitled to any money. He says he's now $400,000 in debt.

Rick Baker sculpts a puppet head for the 1981 film <em>An American Werewolf in London</em>. Now retired, Baker's work has been collected in the two-volume collection <em>Metamorphosis.</em>

Rick Baker, The Monster Maker Of Hollywood

An American Werewolf in London, Maleficent, the ghouls in "Thriller": the costume designer has made some of film's great creatures. His four-decade career is collected in a new book, Metamorphosis.

Food Brings Families Together In 'Fry Bread'

Native Americans made fry bread by turning government rations turned into a delicious, warm food that brings people together. Fry bread is the subject of a new children's book.

'The Nightmare Before Christmas' Composer Says It's A Halloween Movie

People debate whether The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween or Christmas movie. Music composer Danny Elfman told USA Today it's a Halloween movie to him.

Pakistani officials examine a train damaged by a fire in Liaquatpur, Pakistan, on Thursday. A massive fire engulfed three carriages of the train traveling in the country's eastern Punjab province.

More Than 65 Dead After Fire Engulfs Train In Pakistan

The train caught fire in the eastern province of Punjab after a cooking stove smuggled aboard by a passenger exploded. Some of those killed died while leaping from the moving train, officials said.

Phoebe Bridgers (center) and Matt Berninger (second from right) teamed up to record "Walking on a String," one of the best songs of October.

NPR Music's Top 16 Songs Of October

Love reigns in the best songs of October: there's lost love and love most generous, but most of all, love's transformative power.

Summer Walker's <em>Over It </em>is one of the best albums of October.

NPR Music's Top 15 Albums Of October

Among the month's best albums, you'll find veterans of varying ages making some of the best music of their careers, but also a striking debut by a promising R&B singer.

Arline Feilen (left) and her sister, Kathy McCoy, at their mother's home in the Chicago suburbs. The biggest chunk of Feilen's bill was $16,480 for four nights in a room shared with another patient. McCoy joked that it would have been cheaper to stay at the Ritz-Carlton.

A Woman's Grief Led To A Mental Health Crisis And A $21,634 Hospital Bill

A woman in Illinois spent five days in the hospital undergoing psychiatric care to help her through a mental health crisis. The bill she got is about the same price as a new Honda Civic.

News Brief: Russia Director Out At NSC, Twitter Bans Political Ads, PG&E

A key witness in the impeachment inquiry is set to leave his top post on the National Security Council. Also, Twitter bans political ads and the latest on PG&E and wildfires in California.

Democrats' Impeachment Strategy

Democrats will vote Thursday on a resolution laying out procedures for the impeachment inquiry. NPR's Rachel Martin asks Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark about the Democrats' strategy.

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