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Pope Francis took questions for an hour on his flight back to Rome. Before returning to the Vatican, he offered prayers of gratitude for his U.S. and Cuba visits, NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge shrugged off the shoe failure that potentially cost him the world record, saying his pair of Nike running shoes are "actually very good."

The Minnesota Star Tribune reports that child brides are an "open secret" among Minnesota's large Hmong community.

Writer Elizabeth Crook turned the massacre into a novel, "Monday, Monday," which tells the story through characters who were there.

Planetary scientists have announced that there is evidence that liquid salt water flows on present-day Mars.

Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first appearance at the United Nations General Assembly in a decade on Monday. Iran's President is also speaking in the wake of his country's nuclear deal with world powers.

Syria expert Joshua Landis of the University of Oklahoma talks about the state of play in Syria, and the possible paths forward for the region, and worried world powers.

President Obama vowed to work with Russia and Iran to resolve the Syrian conflict at the United Nations General Assembly Monday, but he insisted there's no place for Bashar al-Assad.

Separatists in Spain's prosperous northeast region of Catalonia are celebrating an election victory they say puts them on track to establish the world's newest country. But their failure to win an absolute majority, and fierce opposition from Spain's central government, means months of negotiations and uncertainty lie ahead.

Craig Finn has had a prolific rock career with his bands Lifter Puller and The Hold Steady. Now 44, Finn has just released his second solo album, Faith in the Future. Critic Tom Moon says it sounds like a musician looking for his next act.