Charlie Hebdo

In light of the targeted killings at Charlie Hebdo in Paris, NPR's Scott Simon remembers the jokes people tell in grim places, and how dangerous people with no sense of humor can be.

French security forces are on the scene of an operation to detain two brothers suspected in the deadly storming of a French satirical weekly that killed 12, according to The Associated Press.

The French magazine responded to a 2011 firebombing of its offices with a cover that showed a Muslim and an editor making out. Its lead editor, described by a peer as fearless, was killed Wednesday.