Planet Money tries to make vodka in a radio studio. Dan Pashman hide caption
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Wednesday
Lashonia Thompson-El, who spent 18 years in prison, says she once was placed in solitary confinement for three months after making an unauthorized phone call to her 10-year-old daughter. Joseph Shapiro/NPR hide caption
Federal Report Says Women In Prison Receive Harsher Punishments Than Men
Friday
Dr. Ruja Ignatova, founder of OneCoin OneCoin Official hide caption
Wednesday
Peggy Gibson sits in her living room with her service dog, Rocky, in West Jefferson, N.C., last November. Gibson says Rocky, a diabetic alert dog, isn't able to work well in public. Mike Belleme for NPR hide caption
Thursday
Presiding Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, fourth from right, reads the ruling. The panel said Myanmar must take steps to protect the Muslim minority, who "remain extremely vulnerable" after a brutal 2017 crackdown by the military. Peter Dejong/AP hide caption
Wednesday
Members of the Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living (INCIL) demonstrate in front of the Bloomington-Normal Amtrak station in Illinois to demand the suspension of an Amtrak policy that led to exorbitant fees for removing train seats to accommodate riders in wheelchairs. Later on Wednesday, Amtrak announced it would suspend the policy. Courtesy of Bridget Hayman hide caption
Alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (far left) consults with his defense attorneys in the U.S. military courtroom in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as a man who waterboarded him, retired Air Force psychologist James Mitchell, takes the stand. Janet Hamlin Illustration hide caption
Friday
A member of the station staff pushes a portable wheelchair lift along the platform at an Amtrak station in DeLand, Fla. The company says its policies for having to adjust or remove seats has changed. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption
Amtrak Asks 2 People Who Use Wheelchairs To Pay $25,000 For A Ride
Thursday
A view of Jeffrey Epstein's mansion on Little St. James Island. Prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit that accuses Epstein of human trafficking that victimized young women and children as young as 11. Gabriel Lopez Albarran/AP hide caption
Wednesday
Rep. Jason Crow (far right) and other managers of the House impeachment case join Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a news conference at the Capitol. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Tuesday
Vacant rowhouses line a portion of Franklin Square, a formerly redlined neighborhood in Baltimore. New research shows many communities subjected to discriminatory housing practices in the 1930s are hotter today. Ian Morton for NPR hide caption
Racist Housing Practices From The 1930s Linked To Hotter Neighborhoods Today
Sunday
An Air Force team moves a transfer case containing the remains of one of the young sailors killed after a Saudi military student opened fire at Naval Air Station Pensacola last month. Officials are expected to soon announce that about 20 Saudi military students will be expelled from the U.S. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption
U.S. Officials: More Than 20 Saudi Students To Be Expelled In Wake Of Fla. Shooting
Thursday
Quartz countertops are increasingly popular because they don't chip or stain like marble or granite. John Keeble/Getty Images hide caption
The Link Between Kitchen Countertops And A Deadly Disease
Thursday
This house in Beirut is referred to in court documents as belonging to former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan where he faced criminal charges and ended up in Lebanon. Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images hide caption