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An estimated 1.2 million guns are registered in New Zealand, the equivalent of one gun for every four people. It looks like the government is prepared to restrict or possibly ban semiautomatic weapons.

About a year ago, at one years old, Eden Tobik was found to have a blood lead level of 19. Any amount of lead is harmful to young children; five is the threshold of concern. Her mother, Casey Tobik, was devastated. “Shock, guilt, shame, fear, despair, terror, sets in,” said Tobik. “And then you Google it and it gets even worse.”

A decade ago, dozens of Texas landowners fought the federal government's efforts to build a wall on their land. Those battles are beginning again as new walls are planned for the Rio Grande Valley.

The prestigious award comes with nearly $1.5 million in winnings. The physicist, who teaches at Dartmouth and has written for NPR, says he's driven by the "many questions we still have no clue about."

Court watchers weren't shocked when Reed O'Connor, a U.S. district judge in Texas, ruled the Affordable Care Act invalid. Critics say he usually sides with Republicans on ideological cases.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is retiring after three years in the post. He became a national figure touting entitlement reforms but failed to enact any.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Politico reporter Eliana Johnson about Jared Kushner's campaign to gain the support of the right-wing media in order to cultivate the support of Republican politicians.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration in its attempts to restrict asylum seekers at the border who are claiming fear based on domestic violence or gang violence in their home country.

The special counsel's office, normally tight-lipped, issued a rare statement Friday night, saying the story — which said the president ordered Cohen to lie to Congress — mischaracterized the evidence.

For the third time since President Trump's inauguration, women have gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Women's March, bringing attention to social justice issues.