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The Biden administration is proposing sweeping reforms to where new drilling can occur on federal land. Oil companies say they're draconian and will do little to address climate change.

When the FBI developed its program to collect hate crime data, it included a category to track anti-Arab incidents. But this code was dropped, masking the scale of the problem.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Ryan Roth, newly-elected city council member for Rainier, Wash., about winning his seat by one vote — a vote he cast himself.

Commissioners chose to delay a long-awaited vote until next March on a controversial heat-related ordinance proposal that would protect outdoor workers in the agriculture and construction industries. The measure, if passed by commissioners, would represent the first of its kind in the South.

Massive crowds descended on downtown Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Protesters' messaging at the event centered on calls to end U.S. aid to Israel and for a cease-fire.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jeffrey Mount, a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, about drought conditions in California.

You might not know Hank Asher. But you'll recognize how his creation and monetization of online databases helped change modern life.

On Sept. 1, 1944, a B-24 bomber went down in the South Pacific. The wreckage, and the airmen, seemed to disappear. Almost 50 years later, a scientist on vacation in Palau found an airplane wing and went on an obsessive, decade-long quest to find what happened to the plane. Author Wil S. Hylton joins NPR to discuss his new book on the mystery.

The novel is about a flavor chemist who tests a sweetener on lab rats and monkeys and finds side effects the company covers up. Author Stephan Eirik Clark says he was inspired by Fast Food Nation.

The former president questioned the political leanings of the judge in the case and another person. The judge inferred that to mean Trump was referring to his clerk.

Retailers are implementing new strategies to thwart thieves, such as locking up merchandise and limiting the number of customers. Companies say thefts are on the rise across the U.S.

House Republicans are scrambling to coalesce around a small number of candidates to be Speaker of the House but the path to electing someone is unclear.

Irma was a Category 1 hurricane when it struck the Tampa Bay region. The storm continues to move north — leaving destruction and power outages in its wake.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Wesley Lowery of the Washington Post about the police shootings of two black men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.

The Justice Department has charged four people affiliated with the Russian military with war crimes in Ukraine— including torture, inhuman treatment and unlawful confinement of an American citizen.

The family of Dexter Barry lists the Jacksonville sheriff as the defendant in a case that spotlighted care provided by the jail's former health care provider, which has since filed to sell its assets and debts.

A judge Thursday will decide the case against the police officers accused of obstruction in the murder investigation of a fellow cop — keeping details from the public under a code of silence.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Kayleigh McEnany, national press secretary for the Trump 2020 campaign, about the Mueller report findings and impact on the president's reelection campaign.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Atlantic contributing writer Tyler Austin Harper about the evolving relationship between universities and student activism.

The prosecution just about wrapped up its case in Trump's hush money trial. But did they effectively present their case? Scott Detrow and Ximena Bustillo discuss with law professor Jed Shugerman.

The latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks ended in Cairo. Meanwhile, Israel closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza after Hamas attacked it.

A judge said jury selection in Donald Trump's hush-money trial will start April 15. Separately, a New York appeals court reduced the amount Trump must post as bond and gave him more time to post it.

Impeachment managers were set to deliver the impeachment articles to the Senate Wednesday, but now that has been pushed until at least next week as GOP senators seek more time to prepare for a trial.

Skinny jeans are out and looser pants are in. But it's so much more than that. This is the logic and life cycle behind fashion trends.

In the search for alternatives to coal and gas, some European countries have turned to a very old fuel. They're importing wood from the United States. Some environmentalists say it makes no sense.