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Two cases involving ICE are in court in Chicago this week. In one, a judge ordered conditions at a detention facility be improved while a ruling is still expected in a case over agents' use of force.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Baltimore Sun investigative reporter Mark Puente about records that show Baltimore police often "disregard injuries and illnesses among people they apprehend."

Gov. Larry Hogan announced the closure of the Baltimore City Men's Detention Center on Thursday. The jail, which is run by the state, has been plagued by corruption and deplorable conditions.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused of sexual assault in a new lawsuit. It's the latest case in a growing number of claims against Combs, who has previously denied all allegations.

The House was poised Thursday to renew enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans that expired last year. But the push to renew the subsidies faces an uncertain path in the Senate.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting this week separately with President Biden and Vice President Harris. Wednesday afternoon, he addressed a joint meeting of Congress.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Chris Bumbaca of USA Today Sports, about a new twist to the story of retired NFL tackle Michael Oher, who's life was the subject of the 2009 movie The Blind Side.

High school math teacher Jake Scott teaches his students with the help of his hip-hop alias, 2 Pi. By rapping about equations and formulas, Scott helps students remember his lessons and forges a deeper connection with them.

Congress overwhelmingly passed legislation on Tuesday to force the Justice Department to release its files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A worsening famine has spread to two regions in Sudan, as a paramilitary group accused of past genocide now controls El Fasher, leaving 200,00 civilians trapped and fearing mass killings.

Scott Simon talks with Cecilia Sottilotta, assistant professor of international relations at The American University of Rome, about far-right Italian politician Giorgia Meloni.

The president wants to release Russia investigation materials out of transparency, he says. But national security pros say he's imperiling sensitive information and hurting DOJ in the long run.

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker is a former Iowa Hawkeyes football player, a longtime attorney and rapidly rising inside the GOP. He has taken over for ousted Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

On Wednesday night, in Thousand Oaks, Calif., 12 people, including a sheriff's sergeant, were shot and killed during college night at a bar. The gunman is also dead.

President Trump says he's going to cut aid to Central American countries that won't stop their residents from heading to the U.S. Many Hondurans welcome it, though they could lose crucial remittances.

The bipartisan budget that Trump just signed is a 180-turn from how funding for health agencies were slashed in 2025. But grantees and people in the agencies remain suspicious.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's efforts to revoke Temporary Protected Status for some 330,000 Haitian immigrants in the U.S., for now.

The national pharmacy chain faces more than a thousand lawsuits linked to the sale of Oxycontin and other opioid pain pills.

Military justice is undergoing its biggest overhaul in a generation, as the services grapple with sexual assault. Victims say they have a long way to go.

The Pentagon says it's opening an investigation into Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in the wake of a video of Democratic lawmakers urging servicemembers not to comply with "illegal orders."

The school shooting this week in Georgia raises many questions about how the criminal justice system handles cases where minors commit capital crimes.

Why do some people seem to be obsessed with fitness trackers? NPR talks with psychologist Pamela Rutledge of Fielding Graduate University.

A number of Olympic athletes have turned to knitting during the heat of the Games, including Ben Ogden, who this week became the most decorated American male Olympic cross-country skier.

More and more voices, including politicians, say that cloud seeding — or man-made ways of increasing precipitation — caused the deadly floods in Texas. Experts say this is damaging public trust.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in a trial over allegations that social media is addictive and harmful. NPR's Leila Fadel asks Darrell West of the Brookings Institution about the case.