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The number this week is 750,000. That's how many passengers travel Amtrak's Northeast Corridor daily. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with data expert Mona Chalabi about facts and figures of rail travel.

Most children don't get diagnosed with autism until they start school, a study finds, though the signs may be visible much earlier. Earlier diagnosis means more time to get therapy.

Patients facing serious illnesses often seek medical reviews of their cases. Some people glean helpful advice, but researchers don't have much data about whether the consults lead to better results.

The BBC ends its afternoon news program with the bong of the Big Ben clock. When 8-year-old Phoebe Hanson heard the clock would go silent for three years of repairs, she wrote to the BBC to offer her gong and her voice. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Hanson and BBC editor Roger Sawyer.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 hit Oklahoma on Saturday morning. StateImpact Oklahoma reporter Joe Wertz talks about earthquakes and their connections to oil and gas production.

It's been six months since 42 people were killed when U.S. forces struck a hospital in northern Afghanistan. The injured and families of the dead are to receive condolence money of up to $6,000.

Now's your chance to learn about an all-female orchestra from Afghanistan, the boy who escaped from Boko Haram, a board game that's all about running away from the matchmaker — and more.

Ocular melanoma typically affects 6 out of every 1 million people, but doctors have found dozens of cases where the patients have connections to either Huntersville, N.C., or Auburn, Ala.

The state legislature passed a bill that raises teacher salaries by $6,100. Teachers say the bill doesn't go far enough. NPR's Sarah McCammon asks state Sen. Joseph Silk about why he opposed the bill.

A volunteer in Baltimore spends her days trying to reconnect migrant children and parents who have been separated and detained. One story illustrates why it is not necessarily simple.