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President Trump's address to the United Nations General Assembly generated a lot of praise from conservative outlets, even those often critical of him. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Michael Warren of The Weekly Standard about how the speech as been received by those right-of-center.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with NPR Science Correspondent Jon Hamilton about the Hernandez family's announcement and the connections between CTE, the degenerative brain disease, and violent behavior.

On a Monday morning at Buchtel Middle School in Akron, a group of 7th and 8th grade girls are given small yellow bags as part of a session on improving mental health. In the bag is a smartphone. While many might think most mental health sessions would involve counseling or journaling, this program includes a form of therapy that’s quite fitting for the newest generations: a smartphone app. Rosalynnd McNeal is a 7th grader who says she joined the program to help her deal with stress.

The evaporation of long-term psychiatric facilities in the U.S. has escalated over the past decade, sparked by a trend toward deinstitutionalization of mental health patients in the 1950s and '60s.

Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake's decision not to run for reelection has raised a lot of questions about the state of the Republican Party. But are Democrats any more unified? NPR's Robert Siegel talks to David Axelrod, director of the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics, about whether the Democrats have settled on a winning and cohesive message.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service initially lifted a ban on importing trophies of elephants from Zimbabwe and Zambia. But on Friday, President Trump said he wants more time to consider it.

When veterans return home the transition to civilian life can be a challenge. For one local veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, his transition was made easier through art

A sheriff on the coastal bend of Texas is a gung-ho partner of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Jackson County Sheriff Andy Louderback calls his county non-sanctuary. He contacts ICE whenever he has an undocumented immigrant in custody, and thinks every jail administrator in the country should.

President Trump tweeted this week that teachers should be armed, in response to the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last week. Since then teachers and other school administrators are looking at what they would do in a shooting situation.

There is no one profile of a school shooter, but whole-school approaches to mental health and discipline have the potential to reduce violence.