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President Obama walks with a family to tour their flood-damaged home in the Castle Place neighborhood of Baton Rouge, La., on Tuesday.

President Obama Tours Flood Destruction In Louisiana

Obama visited a neighborhood in East Baton Rouge Parish more than a week after flooding hit southeastern Louisiana, killing at least 13 people and damaging or destroying more than 60,000 homes.

Nevada Mulling New Rules For Daily Fantasy Sports

Daily fantasy sports sites that were ordered to stop Nevada operations last year because they didn't have a gambling license could be making a…

Ian Bradley-Perrin (left) and fellow graduate student Olga Brudastova have been active in the campaign to unionize grad students who work as teaching and research assistants at Columbia University.

NLRB Rules Graduate Students Are Employees With The Right To Unionize

The 3-1 decision by the National Labor Relations Board reverses a 2004 ruling and opens the door to union drives at private universities across the country.

For Companies, It Pays To Expose Problems Before The Media Finds Out

When companies know about problems, they're often reluctant to admit them publicly. But it's better when they do.

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell at the Constitution Gardens of the National Mall in Washington D.C. on May 20, 2016. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell On Making National Parks Relevant, Protecting Public Lands

The National Parks Service has been making an effort to get more people, especially young people and minorities, to visit and to care about America’s parks.

Ryan Lochte of the United States attends a press conference during the Rio Olympics on Aug. 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Matt Hazlett/Getty Images)

Questions Raised About Brazilian Police's Retelling Of Ryan Lochte Robbery

NPR's David Folkenflik joins Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti to discuss the latest media news, including a USA Today investigation about the Brazilian retelling of the incident.

Ten thousand fire personnel are battling blazes across California, including in San Luis Obispo County, where the massive Chimney Fire threatens homes and the historic Hearst Castle.

California Firefighters Contain Blue Cut Fire, Grapple With Other Blazes

Crews surrounded the San Bernardino County fire Tuesday. Meanwhile, multiple wildfires continue to bedevil crews, including one near a historic estate built by William Randolph Hearst.

Former President Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton tour a primary school's garden in Nairobi last year as part of a tour of the Clinton Foundation's projects in Kenya.

Clinton Foundation To Drastically Shrink If Hillary Clinton Is Elected

The foundation would give up its most recognizable parts, including its major global health and wellness programs.

'The Terror Years' Traces The Rise Of Al-Qaida And ISIS

Lawrence Wright's new book collects his essays for The New Yorker on the growth of terrorism in the Middle East, from the Sept. 11 attacks to the recent beheadings of journalists and aid workers.

Twin girls born with extremely small heads, shrunken spinal cords and extra folds of skin around the skull. Scientists think this skin forms when the skull collapses onto itself after the brain — but not the skull — stops growing. The images of the girls' heads were constructed on the computer using CT scans taken shortly after birth. The girls were infected with Zika at 9 weeks gestation.

Zika Images Show 'Worst Brain Infections That Doctors Will Ever See'

Babies born with small heads are "just the tip of the iceberg" of what Zika does to a fetus's brain, says Dr. Deborah Levine, a contributor to a new study.

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