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The lead singer of Aventura, the hottest band on the Latin charts, has a solo album and a TV show.

Foreign aid is being attacked by presidential candidates and members of Congress. It looks certain that assistance to other countries, which makes up a miniscule percentage of the overall budget, is about to be cut even further.

The holiday movie season offers a short break from the assault of summer blockbusters, and it's the last chance for movie studios to push some of their award season contenders. Guest host Linda Wertheimer speaks with Washington Post movie critic Ann Hornaday about the films of this holiday season.

On the heels of the Penn State sexual abuse scandal, Syracuse University is now dealing with similar allegations. Oklahoma State is mourning the death of two of its women's college basketball coaches, and the NBA appears to have reached a stalemate that will last the rest of the season. Guest host Linda Wertheimer talks with ESPN's Howard Bryant.

The European debt crisis has driven politicians in Italy and Greece to turn to technocrats for leadership. What exactly is a technocrat? Will they be the silver bullets needed to help lift Europe out of its economic quagmire? Guest host Linda Wertheimer gets some answers from political scientists.

Libyan officials say they captured Seif al-Islam as he was crossing the southern desert in a convoy. He's wanted by the International Criminal court for alleged crimes against humanity. Guest host Linda Wertheimer talks with Leila Fadel, the Washington Post's correspondent based in Cairo.

Preparing for a Thanksgiving feasts brings a host of extra domestic tasks. Here's one you might not think about until you go to cook your turkey: how important is it to clean the oven?

At the ATF fire lab in Maryland, setting houses on fire is all in a day's work. As researchers learn more about how fires start, they're shattering assumptions and shedding new light on old cases.

President Obama wrapped up a nine-day trip to Asia today, during which he announced a troop build up in Australia and a rare State Department visit to the isolationist country of Myanmar formerly known as Burma. Weekends on All Things Considered guest host host Laura Sullivan speaks with James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, about the trip — as well as other stories from the past week.

In New York City, nearly 4,000 young people are homeless every night — and a good number of them identify as gay, bisexual or transgender. But there are only 250 beds for them, which angers some advocates.