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Jul 21, 2018
A Southern Cheyenne woman found no solid data on the many indigenous women in the U.S. and Canada who have gone missing or been killed under suspicious circumstances. So she compiled it herself.
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Jul 21, 2018
Chris Gagin, former chairman for the Republican Party in Ohio's Belmont County, tells Scott Simon he stands by his choice to resign after President Trump appeared to back President Putin in Helsinki.
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Jul 21, 2018
A new group in Illinois is hoping to reduce the number of women in prison. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to one of the group's members, state Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke.
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Jul 21, 2018
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Robert Driscoll, attorney for accused Russian spy Maria Butina.
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Jul 21, 2018
Native Americans make up an outsized percentage of the homeless in places like New Mexico.
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Jul 21, 2018
A floating, smelly mass of seaweed called sargassum is covering beaches in the Caribbean and along the Gulf of Mexico.
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Jul 20, 2018
Officials said the allegations of inappropriate touching and harassment date from 1979 to 1997. They include students who were varsity players in 14 sports and patients of Student Health Services.
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Jul 20, 2018
The toddler recognized something strange was happening when she saw her father lying on the floor. So she picked up his smartphone and called her mom, who knew what to do next.
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Jul 20, 2018
Amy Powell's five-year run as head of Paramount's television division has come to a halt. She is alleged to have made insensitive remarks regarding black women.
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Jul 20, 2018
Immigration lawyers say they're seeing an alarming spike in the number of asylum claims that are being rejected at the earliest stage, known as the credible fear interview.
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Jul 20, 2018
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Barry Slaughter Olsen, an interpreter who has worked with the State Department, about the interpreter's code of ethics and not talking about what was said in private meetings.
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Jul 20, 2018
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Chicago Tribune restaurant critic Phil Vettel, who revealed his identity after 30 years of keeping it secret. He says he's already noticed restaurants treating him differently.
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Jul 20, 2018
17 people died when a tourism Duck Boat sank in a sudden storm in a lake outside of Branson, Mo. Investigators are trying to ascertain why the boat didn't heed storm warnings before launching on its cruise.
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Jul 20, 2018
The deadly boating incident near Branson, Mo., is not the first involving a "duck boat." They've been involved in several fatal incidents on both water and on land over the years.
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Jul 20, 2018
Growing up, young residents in the region didn't sense much of a divide between the two countries. But crossing the border these days, says Kenia Guerrero, 23, of Mexico, "You are sometimes afraid."
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Jul 20, 2018
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Andrew Green, editorial page editor at The Baltimore Sun, about the callout to journalists to help put out the Capital Gazette's daily paper in the wake of the shooting that killed five staffers.
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Jul 20, 2018
The 24 Russians indicted for election interference in 2016 will probably never face trial in the U.S. So, other than to present the public with evidence of the Russian government's campaign to undermine democratic institutions, what are other reasons to make the names of those Russian operatives known?
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Jul 20, 2018
President Trump has faced backlash this week as he's tried to clarify his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Republicans in Congress say he's making a mistake by cozying up to an American enemy. But in the conservative Florida panhandle, voters still have faith in Trump's foreign policy.
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Jul 20, 2018
Forecasters say Friday should be the hottest July 20 ever in North Texas with temperatures reaching at least 107 degrees. Think you're hot? Think about if you were a pregnant mom.
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Jul 20, 2018
Ayub Ali was working at his Florida convenience store when a man with a gun walked in. Two of his four kids were in class during the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February.
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Jul 20, 2018
The store will be in Washington D.C., and will not only focus on hiring employees fluent in American Sign Language, but also on lighting and design that makes it easier for the deaf to communicate.
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Jul 20, 2018
The Ramirez family tried to seek asylum in the U.S. The dad says he was deported, but his son and wife are being held in the U.S. in separate facilities.
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Jul 20, 2018
The death toll is 13 after a tour boat capsized and sank Thursday in a lake in Missouri. Rescue divers worked until late in the evening and resumed their search Friday morning.
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Jul 20, 2018
A duck boat carrying 31 people on a Missouri lake sank in a sudden storm on Thursday night. Officials say 13 are dead, including children, and four people are still missing.
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Jul 20, 2018
A federal judge says Seifullah Chapman should be released rather than serve out the rest of his 65-year prison term, citing a shift in how the law defines violent crime.
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Jul 20, 2018
In a wide-ranging interview with CNBC, President Trump threatened to accelerate and expand tariffs on all goods that come from China.
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Jul 20, 2018
At least 13 people are reported dead after an amphibious tourist boat capsized and sank in Missouri. Four more people are missing.
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Jul 20, 2018
De'Marchoe Carpenter spent 22 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, which pulled him away from a new romance. Although he was exonerated, he struggles with anxiety from his time in prison.
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Jul 20, 2018
Top Trump administration officials publicly diverge from their boss. A new surprise: Trump invites Vladimir Putin to Washington. And Comic-Con in San Diego brings costumes, cameos and creativity.
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Jul 20, 2018
One of the most storied units of World War II never received a presidential citation, the highest honor a unit can get. Its few surviving veterans have been petitioning the Army for the honor.
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Jul 20, 2018
Trump administration lawyers were in federal court Thursday defending their new rules on how schools should handle cases of sexual assault.
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Jul 20, 2018
The EPA's internal watchdog says "management weakness" delayed the federal government's response to the Flint, Mich., water crisis.
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Jul 20, 2018
Hospitals across the country are reporting significant shortages of pain medication. A survey of anesthesiologists found that 95 percent say it is impacting patient care.
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Jul 20, 2018
At least seven others from the amphibious duck boat carrying 31 people were being treated at a local hospital. The incident occurred during a severe storm that produced gusts up to 80 mph.
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Jul 20, 2018
At least seven others from the amphibious duck boat carrying 31 people were being treated at a local hospital. The incident occurred during a severe storm that produced gusts up to 70 mph.
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Jul 20, 2018
The duck boat carrying 31 people capsized during a severe storm that produced gusts of at least 60 mph. Divers worked through the night on rescue and recovery operations.
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Jul 20, 2018
Divers were still searching for four people missing after the duck boat carrying 31 capsized during a severe storm that produced gusts of at least 60 mph.
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Jul 19, 2018
The Trump administration policy to separate children from their parents at the border has been rescinded but the government is still facing a court-ordered deadline of July 26 to reunify families.
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Jul 19, 2018
The Trump administration policy to separate children from their parents at the border has been rescinded but the government is still facing a court-ordered deadline of July 26 to reunify families.
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Jul 19, 2018
Activists aimed to bring one balloon to the president's backyard; they overshot their fundraising goal and now say they will create more than one replica.
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Jul 19, 2018
The director of national intelligence is back in the headlines after a rare public statement contradicting the president about Russian interference in U.S. elections.
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Jul 19, 2018
The director of national intelligence is back in the headlines after a rare public statement contradicting the president about Russian interference in U.S. elections.
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Jul 19, 2018
The Trump administration has offered no information about supposed "specific" proposals that Russian officials have mentioned publicly.
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Jul 19, 2018
The homeowners were fined thousands of dollars by Mount Dora officials for making their two-story house and surrounding wall look like Van Gogh's famous painting. On Tuesday, the mayor apologized.
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Jul 19, 2018
Does this house look familiar? It appeared during the beginning and ending credits of The Brady Bunch and is now for sale.
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Jul 19, 2018
The nation's capital has a cat problem. And the first step toward fixing it, apparently, is to quantify it.
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Jul 19, 2018
A new report by the Government Accountability Office also found that nearly two-thirds of individuals who filed formal complaints did not work for Veterans Affairs the following year.
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Jul 19, 2018
Now that a segment of the Pacific Coast Highway off Big Sur has reopened, we return to artist and resident Erin Gafill for a chat.
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Jul 19, 2018
Officials said the victims suffered burns and three were airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries. Terrorism in not suspected.
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Jul 19, 2018
In central Appalachia, one in five working coal miners with at least 25 years experience underground now suffers from the deadly disease black lung, according to a new study.
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Jul 19, 2018
The court ruled that the proposal to divide California can't be placed on the November ballot. A venture capitalist has spent years arguing the state would be better off as several smaller states.
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Jul 19, 2018
Carole Cadwalladr's investigation into Cambridge Analytica's role in Brexit led her to Russian connections and the Trump campaign. She says British investigators are working "closely with the FBI."
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Jul 19, 2018
"I'm here to tell you, you cannot silence the strong forever," said one of the women who was onstage to accept the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
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Jul 19, 2018
The White House said it is negotiating with Moscow over President Trump's invitation for Vladimir Putin to visit. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats was surprised.
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Jul 19, 2018
Politicians argued almost with one voice that the White House reject any notion about granting Russian investigators access to Americans facing accusations by Vladimir Putin. It agreed on Thursday.
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Jul 19, 2018
Charities and nonprofit agencies are embracing the symbols to communicate about tough topics like global hunger, poverty and disease.
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Jul 19, 2018
After 130 years as a nonprofit hospital with deep roots in North Carolina, Mission Health is seeking to be bought by HCA Healthcare, the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain.
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Jul 19, 2018
Conservative groups are spreading the word: Teachers no longer have to support the union that represents them.
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Jul 19, 2018
Louisiana and Gilead Sciences are working on a deal that would change how the state pays for expensive hepatitis C drugs, with the goal of eliminating the disease in that state.
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Jul 19, 2018
The indictment against Maria Butina is the latest update in the Russia probe. NPR's Noel King speaks to journalist Michael Isikoff, co-author of the book Russian Roulette.
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Jul 19, 2018
We look at how Republican lawmakers are responding to President Trump's inconsistent statements about Russian election interference. Also, The Washington Post's Lisa Rein discusses purges at the VA.
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Jul 19, 2018
After well over a year of closure, the road through Big Sur is reopening in California. A giant landslide kept visitors from the rugged and popular vacation site.
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Jul 19, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin's preoccupation with two individuals he has singled out for blame suggests how strongly the Russian leader viewed his 2016 attack on the U.S. as simple turnabout.
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Jul 18, 2018
"Russia attempted to interfere with the last election and ... it continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day," Christopher Wray said at a national security forum.
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Jul 18, 2018
The agency has not had permanent leadership since July 2017. If confirmed by the Senate, Steven Dillingham will oversee the 2020 census and inherit six lawsuits challenging a citizenship question.
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Jul 18, 2018
Jesse Randall Davidson pleaded guilty to charges related to the shooting that occurred just two weeks after the Parkland, Fla., massacre. Davidson's attorney said he didn't want to hurt any kids.
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Jul 18, 2018
Walter Carr's car broke down. He set out to make a grueling 20-mile walk to his first assignment. It turned into an odyssey of kind gestures and generosity.
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Jul 18, 2018
MGM Resorts is suing victims of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. NPR's Ari Shapiro discusses the case with Catherine Lombardo, an attorney representing a number of the victims.
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Jul 18, 2018
NPR's Alison Kodjak and The Center for Public Integrity have been looking at all the ways the drug industry tries to keep Medicaid money flowing. Here they examine how the drug industry's massive lobbying effort in every state has blocked efforts to control Medicaid costs.
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Jul 18, 2018
Southwest Ohio is in the midst of a warehousing boom, with new, often high-tech distribution centers opening around the region. It's part of the state's economic development strategy to lure companies like Amazon. The influx of jobs is a boon to many Ohio cities, but with thousands of new logistics jobs anticipated over the next few years, are employers facing a skilled-worker shortage.
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Jul 18, 2018
NPR's Alison Kodjak and the Center for Public Integrity have been looking at how the drug industry tries to keep Medicaid money flowing. Here they examine the industry's massive lobbying efforts.
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Jul 18, 2018
A tiny accelerator could be useful in medicine as well as basic science. Instead of speeding up beams of electrons through giant tunnels, the aim here is to build accelerators on semiconductor chips.
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Jul 18, 2018
The road in the rugged Big Sur area is back in business 14 months after more than 1 million tons of earth collapsed. Motorists can now drive uninterrupted along the coast between LA and San Francisco.
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Jul 18, 2018
More than 1 million tons of earth had come crashing down on the road in the rugged Big Sur area. Motorists can now drive uninterrupted along the coast between LA and San Francisco.
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Jul 18, 2018
The Trump administration faces the same challenge as its predecessors: if you cannot detain immigrant families, how do you ensure they show up for hearings and deportation?
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Jul 18, 2018
Interior designer Julie Davis says she wants domestic violence survivors to "feel like somebody cared, and ... feel like they have hope."
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Jul 18, 2018
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Mark Greenberg, senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, about the cost of housing and reuniting families separated at the border.
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Jul 18, 2018
As many as 100 Muslims filed to run for office this year, according to Muslim political groups, the most since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. About 50 of those candidates remain in the running.
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Jul 18, 2018
The Russian grad student living in the U.S. has been charged with working as an unregistered foreign agent. The Justice Department wants her detained until trial.
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Jul 18, 2018
A Russian woman charged this week with serving as an unregistered agent also "offered sex" in exchange for a job in an organization she targeted, prosecutors allege.
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Jul 18, 2018
A federal magistrate judge ordered a Russian woman charged with serving as a foreign agent into custody ahead of her trial after prosecutors said she was a flight risk.
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Jul 18, 2018
She faced a number of primary challengers last month over a pledge she made in 2016 not to vote for then-candidate Trump. The president endorsed her in the runoff against challenger Bobby Bright.
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Jul 18, 2018
Teen depression and anxiety rates have been rising for years, and two new books offer advice to parents and caregivers.
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Jul 18, 2018
President Trump takes that Helsinki comment back. Another thread in the story of alleged Russian influence in U.S. affairs. And disturbing stories from migrant detention facilities, from those inside.
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Jul 18, 2018
Maria Butina, a Russian graduate student living in the U.S., has been charged with working as an unregistered foreign agent. She is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.
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Jul 18, 2018
As condemnation of the summit between Trump and Putin mounts in Washington, we head to rural Texas to hear how Trump supporters in Burnet County are reacting to criticism of the president.
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Jul 18, 2018
Few American and Canadian businesses are as tightly linked as Twin Rivers Paper's mills. Its mill in Edmundston, New Brunswick, makes pulp for its paper mill just over the river in Madawaska, Maine.
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Jul 18, 2018
As young children are reunited with their parents after being separated at the border, there are fresh concerns about the way they are treated inside the detention centers.
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Jul 18, 2018
In interviews that appear in the suit filed by the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, detainees also reported not being allowed to shower for days and sleeping in overcrowded rooms.
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Jul 18, 2018
In interviews that appear in the suit filed by the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, detainees also reported not being allowed to shower for days and sleeping in overcrowded rooms.
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Jul 17, 2018
The peace-driven Anabaptist sect, made up of families who live and work together, has built a relationship with high-end resorts, supplying poultry, produce and bread for chefs.
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Jul 17, 2018
When fire devastated the Victoria Islamic Center last year, an outpouring of support followed, with neighboring Jewish and Christian congregations offering to host Muslim services.
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Jul 17, 2018
Doctors are closer to a test in living people that could help diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disease that's been linked to concussions and other repeated brain assaults.
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Jul 17, 2018
Doctors are closer to a test in live brains that could help diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disease that's been linked to concussions and other repeated brain assaults.
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Jul 17, 2018
In October 2017, a gunman fired from his room at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds. Now MGM, which owns the hotel, is asking the courts to declare it not liable.
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Jul 17, 2018
Four years after Eric Garner died after being put in a chokehold by a police officer in Staten Island, the New York Police Department says it will pursue disciplinary actions.
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Jul 17, 2018
Treatment costs for the immunotherapy can run to more than $1 million. Some state Medicaid programs aren't paying for the treatment, and Medicare's complicated payment rates have hospitals worried.
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Jul 17, 2018
The U.S. and Russia still inspect each other's nuclear arsenals and have sharply curtailed the number of weapons poised to launch. That's thanks to two arms control treaties, which are now at risk.
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Jul 17, 2018
President Trump will meet with lawmakers Tuesday, a day after he stood next to Vladimir Putin and appeared to question U.S. intelligence findings. Lawmakers and intel officials have expressed shock.
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Jul 17, 2018
The president's whirlwind week undercut U.S. intelligence agencies, challenged alliances and forced Republicans to confront him. Former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers explains how political norms are no more.
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