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Macron Doesn't Believe He Changed Trump's Mind On The Iran Deal
- April 25
- William Dobson / NPR
Trump has said since he was a presidential candidate that he wanted to scrap the nuclear agreement with Tehran.
The Consumer Complaints Database That Could Disappear From View
- April 25
- Chris Arnold / NPR
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief Mick Mulvaney says he may shut down public access to more than a million complaints Americans have made about financial institutions.
'Student Loan Report' Admits Its Founder And Editor Is Fake
- April 25
- Sasha Ingber / NPR
Reporters from The Chronicle of Higher Education discovered that "Drew Cloud" was made up from thin air. The "news" site was created by a student loan refinancing company.
DNA Analysis Of Ancient Excrement Reveals The Diets Of Centuries Past
- April 25
- Angus Chen / NPR
Researchers are exhuming ancient dung from toilets of yore to reconstruct snapshots of food and lifestyle in bygone centuries. The parasites that show up in privies reveal a lot about what people ate.
'Golden State Killer,' Suspected Of Terrorizing California For Years, Arrested
- April 25
- Amy Held / NPR
Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was taken into custody at his home outside Sacramento, not far from where officials say a decade-long crime spree of dozens of rapes and murders began in the 1970s.
VIDEO: New Jersey Ethics Official Resigns Over Ethics Violations, Berating Officer
- April 25
- Vanessa Romo / NPR
A state official flashed her credentials and powerful connections after a traffic stop involving her daughter. She profanely told a policeman to shut up. She no longer holds the post.
'She Was Lying In Wait': Police Say Woman Killed Her Husband's Lover, Then Herself
- April 25
- Sasha Ingber / NPR
Pennsylvania authorities said Jennair Gerardot found out her husband was cheating on her and then gunned down Meredith Chapman before turning the seven-shot revolver on herself.
Giving Antibiotics To Healthy Kids In Poor Countries: Good Idea Or Bad Idea?
- April 25
- Susan Brink / NPR
Researchers administered doses of azithromycin to 190,238 children in sub-Saharan Africa. The death rate dropped, but fear of antibiotic resistance looms.
'Insane': America's 3 Largest Psychiatric Facilities Are Jails
- April 25
- Ailsa Chang / NPR
Alisa Roth's new book suggests U.S. jails and prisons have become warehouses for the mentally ill. They often get sicker in these facilities, Roth says, because they don't get appropriate treatment.
Tiny Lab-Grown 'Brains' Raise Big Ethical Questions
- April 25
- Jon Hamilton / NPR
Scientists are growing increasingly large and sophisticated clusters of human brain cells. Ethicists are now wondering what to do if these minibrains start thinking.