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"Baby Bonds" are back in the news. Two professors presented their idea to do something about widening inequality to an economics conference. They suggest creating an education trust fund for each newborn. The grants — ranging from $500 to $50,000 — would be on a sliding scale tied to household income.

NPR has the latest on events as they continue to unfold in Paris in what officials fear is the worst attack in Europe since the Madrid train bombings in 2004.

Parts of Oklahoma and Texas have about the same risk of an earthquake as parts of California, the maps show. Why? Wastewater that oil and gas operations are pumping into wells adds pressure on faults.

Gov. Pat McCrory said the suit he filed against the Justice Department, which defends a bill that regulates who uses what bathrooms and allows for discrimination against LGBT people, is too expensive.

President Trump recently issued an executive order that would effectively ban the Chinese app WeChat — starting in September. The order says the app poses a national security threat.

Most of the bans aim to curb emissions and protect pedestrians. The bans are also sometimes touted as a way to help fight obesity, but past studies suggest they don't have that effect.

Trade disputes have cost American pork producers about $2.5 billion over the last year, according to the National Pork Producers Council. NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with pig farmer Randy Spronk.

Bernard, convicted for his role in a 1999 kidnapping and killing, is the ninth federal inmate to be executed this year and the first in 130 years to be put to death during a lame-duck presidency.

As the probe into the breach of the Capitol building by pro-Trump extremists continues, a big question remains unanswered: What role, if any, did organized groups have in spearheading the violence?

Next week, Colorado voters will pick the Democrat to challenge GOP Sen. Cory Gardner. Former Gov. John Hickenlooper was the party's first choice for the nomination, but his campaign has hit snags.