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Steve Inskeep talks to William Cohen, a former senator and secretary of Defense, who is among dozens of former legislators who warned current senators to defend democracy or face dire consequences.

With government shelters across the country nearing capacity, officials are considering a range of options from releasing the children more quickly to building more tent cities.

It’s been 10 years since Lehman Brothers collapsed and the nightmare of the global financial crisis. The author of the book “Too Big to Fail” takes us back to those frightening days.

The plastic additive BPA got a clean bill of health in a two-year government study involving thousands of rats. But scientists worried about BPA's risks say the study has flaws.

4,854 people died of accidental drug overdoses in Ohio last year, according to official stats from the Ohio Department of Health . That’s more than 13...

The tests are traumatic and unreliable, the United Nations said in a statement this week. In Afghanistan, there's a campaign to bring the practice to a halt.

NPR's Mary Louise speaks with New York Times correspondent David Sanger about what the nuclear accident near a Russian missile test site reveals about the country's aspirations.

NPR's David Greene talks to Bonnie Leung, a pro-democracy activist and a key protest organizer, about the state of protests — a day after police closed Hong Kong's airport because of a sit-in.

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Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Barry are expected from Florida to Louisiana as the eye of the disorganized storm moves onto land. Flooding is the big concern.