Search results for

More than 70 people were shot in Chicago last weekend, and yet the city doesn't have the highest homicide rate in the U.S. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Harvard Kennedy School's Thomas Abt about the national picture of gun violence.

Massive wildfires in Western states are rapidly depleting funds set aside to fight fires. At the same time, many experts argue our priorities are wrong — we should be spending more on prescribed burns, and less on fighting fires in unpopulated areas.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Karen Tumlin, legal director for the National Immigration Law Center, about what Wednesday's hearing in Texas means for recipients of the program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.

The recent massive and destructive wildfires have been called the 'new normal' in California. These megafires are difficult to control, and the causes behind them are not likely to abate soon.

David Greene talks to former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti about the latest details to emerge from the bank and tax fraud trial of the president's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to professor Jake Rosenfeld of Washington University in St. Louis about Missouri voters' rejection of the state's right-to-work law on Tuesday.

New York City passed a law Wednesday capping the number of ride-hailing cars from companies such as Lyft and Uber for one year.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is making three major changes, a move that on its face looks like a tie to weak ratings.

The NFL's new helmet rules and controversy for football coach Urban Meyer at Ohio State in this week's sports roundup.

Rep. Chris Collins promises to keep campaigning for his N.Y. House seat, despite insider trading charges. Democrats hope to make Collins a poster child for what they call a GOP culture of corruption.