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Ford Motor Company plans to roll out a fleet of hybrid cars, and it's also developing new ride-hailing services. This is Ford's latest effort to not just sell cars, but drive people and gain entry into the ride-hailing economy dominated by Uber and Lyft. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the Ford CEO Mark Fields about the company's move into other markets and the future of the auto industry.

In a speech to the full Chicago City Council, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he takes full responsibility for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald last April because it happened on his watch.

Jones has been working double-time this year. He joins Linda Wertheimer to discuss a new memoir, tracing his life from a Welsh coal town to 20 years of superstardom — as well as a new album.

Police say that Syed Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, were responsible for Wednesday's mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. But authorities are still trying to determine a motive for the attack. We talk to Kate Mather, reporter with the LA Times, who is in Redlands, watching the FBI seatching through the couple's rented home.

Investigators continue to discover new details about the two people behind the attack in San Bernardino, Calif. Authorities say both were radicalized for years even before they met and married.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with R. Carey Davis, the mayor of the city of San Bernardino, Calif., about the mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center, where 14 people were killed Wednesday.

A gunman fired on people gathered for a peaceful march to protest two recent police shootings of black men Thursday night, killing five Dallas law enforcement officers and wounding others.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch team about his recent article, "The Long, Necessary History of 'Whiny' Black Protesters At College."

Martha Brockenbrough's new children's book Love, Santa answers potentially delicate questions. "This source of magic that so enraptures us around this time of year — well, it's us," she says.

Conservative media are reacting to the indictment of President Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort by downplaying Manafort's ties to the president.