Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks to members of the media outside the White House in August. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
NPR : National Public Radio : News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts NPR delivers breaking national and world news. Also top stories from business, politics, health, science, technology, music, arts and culture. Subscribe to podcasts and RSS feeds.
The HealthCare.gov website is seen on a laptop computer in May, 2017. On Friday, a federal district court judge ruled Friday that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
A massive fire roars through a neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif., after a PG&E gas pipeline ruptured, killing eight people, in 2010. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption
U.S. Border Patrol next to the the border wall dividing Nogales, Ariz., and Nogales Mexico. Susan Schulman/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption
A wolf in its enclosure at the Hexentanzplatz zoo in Thale, northern Germany. Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney, arrives at federal court for his sentencing hearing on Wednesday in New York City. He was sentenced to three years in prison. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images hide caption
All The Criminal Charges To Emerge So Far From Robert Mueller's Investigation
Downed trees mark the route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in Deerfield, Va., in February. A federal appeals court has blocked development of portions of the pipeline. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Manager Brian Murray of Jersey Mike's in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The store donated one half of a day's proceeds to a fund for the families of victims of the Borderline Bar & Grill shooting. Ina Jaffe/NPR hide caption
After The Thousand Oaks' Shooting, A Community-Wide Effort To Memorialize And Heal
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the White House in August. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Defeated In Court, Education Dept. To Cancel $150 Million Of Student Loan Debt
Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, will be acting White House chief of staff when John Kelly leaves at the end of the year. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Actress Eliza Dushku reached a $9.5 million settlement with CBS last year after she alleged she was written off a show after she made a sexual harassment complaint against the show's lead. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images hide caption
"People have to be alive to get the help that they need," said Brittney Webster, who got free naloxone at a health center in Carlisle, Pa. Brett Sholtis/WITF hide caption
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, says Trump directed him to arrange hush-money payments to two women during the closing weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign. Craig Ruttle/AP hide caption
Trump Defends Hush-Money Payments In Fox News Interview
Composer, playwright and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda at the Essex House Hotel in New York City. Elias Williams for NPR hide caption
Lin-Manuel Miranda On 'Mary Poppins Returns' And Writing His Way Onstage
A U.S. Marine salutes as participants in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally rumble through Washington, D.C., in 2017. Organizers say the 2019 event will be the last in D.C. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Nancy Wilson, photographed while performing during the Thelonious Monk Jazz Tribute Concert For Herbie Hancock at on Oct. 28, 2007 in Los Angeles. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images hide caption
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a ceremony in September marking 70 years since the nation's founding. A beauty company in South Korea is selling Kim facial masks, prompting criticism. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption
Bryan and Helen Lopez (left) had been living in their car before they moved in with Marlene and Michael Rapkin (right) in September. As part of LA's Host Home program, the plan was to stay with the Rapkins for about three months, but they are staying longer. "We're open to extend it as long as they're committed to doing what they're doing, which they are," Marlene says. Liz Kuball for NPR hide caption
Mike Travers, exterminator at EcoGeek pest control, checks on rat traps. Sarah Mizes-Tan/WCAI hide caption
"The Lion King," released in 1994 and one of the top grossing U.S. films of all time, is celebrated at a Disney fan event in Anaheim, Calif. Image Group LA/Disney via Getty Images hide caption
Every summer, downy mildew spreads from Florida northward, adapting to nearly every defense pickle growers have in their arsenals and destroying their crops. Bernd Settnik/Picture Alliance via Getty Images hide caption
The Sandy Hook Promise, a non-profit group formed after the 2012 Connecticut shooting, is training students to spot warning signs in other wouldâbe shooters and to anonymously report concerns through a mobile app. Courtesy Sandy Hook Promise hide caption
'It's Preventable': Sandy Hook Parents Promote App For Reporting School Threats
Facebook employees talk to visitors at a one-day Facebook pop-up kiosk in Bryant Park in New York City on Thursday. The company was fielding questions about its data-sharing practices and teaching users how to understand its new privacy controls. The next day, Facebook announced that a "bug" that had inappropriately shared users' private data — this time, their photos. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Pastor Karl Vickery prays for the Iranian refugee converts in a makeshift church for the United Pentecostal congregation in Denizli, Turkey. Fariba Nawa hide caption