Animal Trafficking 'Kingpin' Arrested in Thailand
Boonchai Bach is accused of heading a network that dealt in large quantities of poached elephant ivory, rhinoceros horn and other endangered species.
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DeVos: 'Common Core Is Dead'; A Large Online Charter School Is Shut Down
School-related arrests data, foster youth transportation and more education news of the week.
With A Show Of Hands, Filipino-American Chefs Rekindle Kamayan Feasts
Kamayan is the traditional Filipino way of eating — without utensils. But it's also a generous shared meal of time-honored colorful foods that creates camaraderie. And it's catching on in the U.S.
How America Has Changed During Trump's First Year In Office, By The Numbers
The economy has improved, health insurance prices continued to climb, and far fewer people have been stopped at the southwestern border. However, not all of it is the president's doing.
Government Shuts Down As Congress Fails To Pass Funding Measure
The government is now in a partial shutdown — happening on the first anniversary of President Trump's inauguration — after Congress failed to keep funding going ahead of a midnight deadline.
Crime Is Down In American Cities, And 'Uneasy Peace' Explains Why
Contrary to what you might see on TV, homicide, assault and rapes have decreased in big cities since the 1970s. Patrick Sharkey attributes the change, in part, to something that happened in the '90s.
As A Massive Garbage Dump Closes In Brazil, Trash-Pickers Face An Uncertain Future
Authorities are closing a dump on the outskirts of Brasilia. Some 2,000 trash-pickers, who sort and sell recyclables, depend on the dump for their livelihoods — despite the risk of disease and injury.
Trump Has Revealed Assumptions About Handling Presidential Wealth, Businesses
Trump has continued to own a business empire while serving as president. That has revealed that expectations about handling presidential wealth, businesses and brands was about norms not laws.
Victims Of Las Vegas Shooting: We Need More Help
A fund set up to help the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas isn't getting the same kind of donations other funds in devastating tragedies have gotten.
In Their Own Words: People With Intellectual Disabilities Talk About Rape
In the final piece of NPR's series on the sexual assault epidemic against people with intellectual disabilities, we hear from victims themselves about how these experiences shape their lives.