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The nation's immigration courts are jammed with the asylum cases of some 60,000 unaccompanied minors who crossed the southern border last summer. There are 429,000 cases pending and only 223 judges.

An Oklahoma legislative panel is reviewing the latest Advanced Placement U.S. History course and could cut funding for it in the state's schools. Lawmakers complain the course focuses on the negative.

The Obama and Trump administrations have used their power to shape legal interpretations of "sex discrimination" in very different ways. Here's a rundown on what's changed for LGBTQ rights in the U.S.

Voting in Indian Country has long been challenging, often due to lack of official street addresses on reservations. Now the push for mail-in balloting because of COVID-19 is exacerbating the issue.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Internet tech guru Kim Komando about how to clean up, store and organize all your digital photo.

Congress returns to session Tuesday after its August Recess. Lawmakers must deal with a government funding bill, coronavirus relief package and the postal service controversy.

Many summer camps were closed due to COVID-19 but some sleep away camps found ways to successfully operate. Some plan to offer COVID-free bubbles where students can live and attend classes remotely.

A utopian agricultural entrepreneur in China has been arrested and his businesses seized by the state as part of an effort to bring the country's entrepreneurs under Communist Party control.

Germans have a knack for stringing lots of words together to create new words. From Mundschutzmode to Coronamutationsgebiet, the pandemic has spawned a plethora of them.

Multiple people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized and broke up off the coast of San Diego Sunday. Incidents like this are on the rise since construction of the border wall.

The new ceiling for refugee admissions will be 62,500 — far above former President Donald Trump's cap of 15,000. Advocates had been concerned Biden was not moving fast enough on a campaign promise.

When it comes to persuading people to get a COVID-19 vaccine, health care professionals are influential. But in some rural communities, hospital staff themselves are hanging back.

FDA action could lead to the two-dose shots being available for younger teens before the beginning of the next school year.

The trial is about one app developer, Epic Games, but the outcome could have far-reaching consequences for Silicon Valley and the future of how money moves on smartphones and other devices.

As some Missouri activists use ballot initiatives to circumvent the legislature, GOP lawmakers are working to dismantle them, and make it more difficult to put issues up for a statewide vote.

Do transgender women and girls have a constitutional right to play on women's sports teams? That question was argued before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday.

A huge organic farm that's backed by General Mills is facing accusations that it's doing more environmental harm than good. The project shows the difficulties of delivering on green promises.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the shooting can "only be described as a terrorist attack." Authorities have charged a male in his late 20s with murder.

Officials say one student was killed and eight were injured in a shooting at a STEM school in Highlands Ranch, Colo., a suburb of Denver. Two suspects are in custody.

Eleven of the 12 victims were city employees; one was a contractor. "They leave a void that we will never be able to fill," City Manager Dave Hansen said Saturday.

Members of the community in Anaheim have been advocating for an official designation of the vibrant district for more than a decade. But the city council has been reluctant to support the efforts.

The university is making amends for its past ties to slavery. Renee Montagne talks to Georgetown Professor Marcia Chatelain of the university's Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation.

Venezuelans fed up with shortages along with triple-digit inflation took to the streets to force the president to allow a referendum on his rule. Renee Montagne talks to Girish Gupta of Reuters.

NPR's Audie Cornish talk with the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the DHS announcement to reunite four migrant families separated under the Trump administration.

Hospitals don't have enough oxygen for patients on ventilators. There are delivery bottlenecks. Families are sometimes told to get their own supplies. Health experts say it didn't have to be this way.