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Fourteen years ago, Rosa Gutierrez Lopez sought safety in the U.S. after fleeing violence in El Salvador. To avoid deportation, she's been claiming sanctuary at a Maryland church for nine months.

Waters off the coast of Maine are warming faster than 99 percent of the world's oceans. That's forcing whales northward in pursuit of prey, threatening some of their already dwindling populations.

Lewis speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about the catharsis of making her latest album, On the Line, and grappling with accusations made against her album collaborator, Ryan Adams.

Washington reprises her Broadway role in the Netflix adaptation, as a black mother whose black son has gone missing. The film is a walk in the fearful shoes of the parent of a black child, she says.

Famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda is to be exhumed Monday to see if he was poisoned. The official version stated he died of cancer. His former driver, however, told a Mexican magazine that he believes Neruda was murdered by the Pinochet regime as the poet was an avowed leftist.

Judge Dana Leigh Marks, president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, talks to Robert Siegel about how the flood of young migrants has changed the way courts prioritize immigration cases.

Sopan Deb's parents had an arranged marriage, but they were "a bad match from the start," leading to years of unhappiness and estrangement. He writes about it in a new memoir, Missed Translations.

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro speaks with Ralph Nader about his new book "The Ralph Nader and Family Cookbook: Classic Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond."

Virginia has become the first state in the nation to require businesses to to adopt protections for workers against the coronavirus.

A visit to the Children's National Hospital in the Washington, D.C. shows how doctors are trying to keep up with testing demands for children affected by COVID-19.

Many presidents face failed Cabinet picks so when former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration for President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet, it wasn't unprecedented, though Trump's style has been.

Artemis III prep begins with returning the mobile launcher to Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building using the Crawler-Transporter.

For nearly a year, Rob Pimental has been on dialysis but continues to work long hours, supported by the NBA team and inspired by his family. April is National Donate Life Month, a cause close to the Heat.

North Florida's flat, rural cattle pastures — longtime dumping grounds of South Florida's sewage sludge — will close their gates to feces-filled trucks by 2028. That's owing to a provision of Florida's Farm Bill.

Haiti's troubles go back more than a century. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Brooklyn College professor Jean-Eddy Saint Paul about the country's history.

Ayesha Rascoe asks Biden administration strategist Minyon Moore about Biden's successful nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, it could affect medical care for early pregnancy loss. Ayesha Rascoe talks about this with Dr. Lauren Thaxton, a Texas-based OB-GYN and medical professor.

NPR's Susan Davis speaks to California Attorney General Rob Bonta about recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions on gun control and access to abortion.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Janette McMahon about why she resigned from her position as director of a public library in Vinton, Iowa.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Oklahoma state Rep. Kevin McDugle why he thinks death row inmate Richard Glossip is innocent and deserves a new trial.

David Gura speaks with William Ripple, professor of ecology at Oregon State University, about his proposal to "re-wild" the American West by reintroducing beavers and wolves to public lands.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Douglas Keith of the Brennan Center for Justice about why money is pouring into state judicial campaigns.

President Donald Trump has said immigration crackdowns will begin soon. It's not clear where, but in recent days Chicago has come under the spotlight. Immigrant communities in the city are bracing.

President Trump made good on his promise yesterday and announced withdrawal of US from the WHO. Today, we hear from the global health world for reaction. Reporter: Tanis; Editor: Davis

The Trump administration has reversed a Biden-era immigration policy, now allowing immigration enforcement officers to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches.