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A riot at a private immigration prison in Willacy County, Texas, forced officials to close the facility and relocate 2,800 inmates. But it also left the county with a $2.3 million budget shortfall.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of ESPN about what's happening in the world of sports — including Sunday's Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Part 2 in a series on environmental justice issues in the Great Lakes region. By Angelica Morrison At a pediatric clinic located in one of the poorest sections of Buffalo, 7-year-old asthmatic Victor Small sits with his mother Laticka. The hood on his winter coat is pulled over his head, and as he fidgets with his black skeleton gloves, he begins to talk about what it’s like when he has trouble breathing. “There’s something is wrong with my smelling,” he says.

The death toll continues to rise in one of the worst earthquakes to hit Iran and a nearby region. The 7.3 magnitude quake hit along the border with Iraq and was felt as far away as Turkey.

NPR's Michel Martin and Washington Post reporter Danielle Douglas-Gabriel talk about a piece of the House tax plan that you may not hear about: cuts to tax credits and deductions for college students.

A new exhibition in Oklahoma City presents the work of pioneering stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen. In an age of CGI and 3-D animation, his work still influences and delights.

The Houston Astros won one of the wildest World Series games ever Wednesday night — to even the series against the LA Dodgers. The game went into extra innings with both teams slugging home runs.

Her departure is notable as she would be in line to replace Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who is supervising the special counsel probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

President Trump has unveiled his spending priorities Monday, calling for more spending on the military, border security and the opioid crisis.

Foxconn, a major electronics manufacturing company based in Taiwan, says it will build a manufacturing plant in Wisconsin. Reporter Todd Frankel of The Washington Post talks with Rachel Martin.