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Family separation and stricter asylum laws are “immoral,” says Cardinal Daniel DiNardo. He joins us as we talk about the situation at the border.

Prior administrations tried their own versions of the "zero tolerance" policy. The government learned there is no proof that prosecuting all illegal border crossers deters people from coming.

Though known for her avant-garde concert performances, the 92-year-old soprano recorded songs by 19th-century classical composers, including Schubert, Schumann and Brahms, when she was turning 60.

When heated under proper conditions, turkey droppings transform into a form of coal, and serve as a renewable resource. Just think: Someday you might roast your holiday turkey using its own excrement.

One of Christine Blasey Ford's lawyers says any Senate testimony should come after an FBI investigation. Ford accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago.

Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were in high school, say she will not testify without a full FBI investigation first.

Latino turnout was up dramatically in the midterms, according to early voting and other preliminary data. Democrats say Latino votes helped flip house and senate races across the country.

The twin sites in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory are about to go back online. New hardware should make them able to sense more colliding black holes and other cosmic events.

Record flooding has devastated farms and communities in the Great Plains. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Anthony Ruzicka, a fifth-generation farmer whose Nebraska farm flooded badly last week.

Next fall, the freshman class at New York City's top public high school will include seven black students out of 895. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with New York Times reporter Eliza Shapiro about the disparity.