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Election officials concerned about malign forces hacking voting-related systems have an unexpected resource to draw upon: the National Guard. Guard soldiers in several states are using their cybersecurity skills to protect the 2018 elections.

After the West Virginia House of Delegates voted to impeach 4 justices on the state's Supreme Court, one of the 4 resigned rather than face removal by the Senate. Another justice resigned last month.

An affiliate of the notorious Russian-linked REvil gang infected thousands of victims in at least 17 countries on Friday. Researchers say REvil was demanding ransoms of up to $5 million.

The chief of police in Fort Worth, Texas, says the white policeman who shot and killed a black woman in her home early Saturday has resigned from the department.

The Washington Times obtained memos from the Navy and Marines, explicitly telling troops not to access the WikiLeaks website.

The Technology Review Editors' Blog finds out "What Twitter Learns from All Those Tweets." Among other things, the company what makes a user post more frequently.

Every miner will be placed inside a capsule, which will be lifted up a shaft to the surface -- a journey that lasts 15 minutes each way.

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron talked about Afghanistan and BP, two subjects that will be big issues here, on his first trip to the U.S. as prime minister.

The court overturned two rape-as-accomplice convictions against Warren Jeffs, saying the trial judge misstated the law in his jury instructions. Jeffs was charged with facilitating the rape of a 14-year-old by "marrying" her to a 19-year-old.

Wikileaks founder is confident the information released, including unreported Afghan civilian deaths, the use of heat-seeking missiles by the Taliban and reports about secret raids in Afghanistan, is genuine.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Chad Neilsen, director of infection prevention at UF Health Jacksonville, about the worst surge of COVID-19 patients his hospitals have seen yet.

Officials had vowed to continue the search for people among roughly 11 tons of rubble that remained until all missing persons had been recovered. Now firefighters have finished their search.

New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will be the state's first woman chief executive after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he would be stepping down effective Aug. 24.

Daniel talks to Buck Revell, a former FBI official, about the process by which suspects are apprehended. Although much of the nation was surprised by the speed with which Timothy McVeigh was apprehended, Revell says he is not surprised. There are computer networks that track information on explosions, terrorists, vehicles, and criminals which can be utilized quickly to find suspects.

The International Olympic Committee cut short its probe following the unexpected death of the shot-putter's mother on Tuesday. She died just two days after watching her daughter win a silver medal.

Daniel talks with Bowdoin College economics professor Rick Freeman about how one goes about doing a cost benefit analysis. The Republicans would like to pass legislation that could require such an analysis for every federal law that would have a major economic impact. Mr. Freeman explains exactly how the process works.

Federal, state and municipal governments as well as private businesses continue to largely avoid mandates out of fears they will provoke a backlash. So, how about an economic argument?

Daniel talks with Paul Kammenar (KAM-ehn-ahr)of the Washington Legal Foundation...and George Kendall of the N-A-A-C-P Legal Defense Fund. They discuss a bill passed by the Senate last week that would reduce the federal appeals process and the effect this may have on those convicted in capital cases.

Daniel talks with former New Hampshire Republican senator Warren Rudman. Rudman was co-sponsor of a budget balancing act which was passed in the 80's but which was largely ignored by Congress. He says that while the proposed budget is likely to change as it goes through the committee process, Congress is definitely on track to eliminate the budget deficit.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports that even though the House and Senate have now passed balanced budget bills, there's a long way to go before the legislative process is wrapped up. President Clinton says he'll veto the republican plan unless it's changed, so a period of negotiation and compromise looms ahead.

The Biden administration has launched a new ransomware task force and stopransomware.gov, a website of preventive resources.

Democrats have essentially no wiggle room if they want to pass their newly unveiled $3.5 trillion budget plan along party lines. And already some Democrats are voicing concerns.

Crews continue to find the bodies of those who died during a recent condo collapse. There is another objective for those sifting through the rubble: collecting the property of the victims.

In an exclusive interview with NPR, the IAC chairman laments the state of the movie industry, saying the rise in streaming has upended both the business model and the quality of films being made.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to KQED's Sukey Lewis about the final episode of the podcast On Our Watch, which examines recently-released internal police records of the killing of Oscar Grant in 2009.