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College senior Becca Arbacher has a double major at Columbia in New York City — one of the most expensive colleges in America.

3 College Seniors Contemplate Their Appointment With The Real World

Senior year of college for three students from Montgomery County, Md. brings the usual: fear, joy, anxiety, jobs. But does where they went to college change the outcome?

A Korean Air Boeing 747 aircraft takes off before storm clouds at Gimpo airport, south of Seoul.

#NPRreads: Take Flight With These 3 Stories This Weekend

Correspondents, editors and producers from our newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the #NPRreads hashtag. Each weekend, we highlight some of the best stories.

Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga was a high school senior when she entered the Manzanar internment camp. Now 92, she points to the place in Manzanar, near Death Valley in California, where she lived.

At 92, A Japanese-American Reflects On The Lessons Of Internment Camps

Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga was at a Los Angeles high school when she and other Japanese-Americans were placed in internment camps. Decades later, her efforts helped lead to an official apology.

Nathan Grubaugh stands next to a gene sequencing machine at the Scripps Research Institute, May 22, 2017.

San Diego Lab Takes 'Open Science' Approach To Tracking Zika's Arrival In US

A new Zika study led by San Diego scientists is not actually all that new. The researchers have known pretty much everything in the paper for months, and they made their findings public long before the study was published in a journal.

News In Numbers: AIDS Remains A Stubborn Foe In San Diego County

While the San Diego County HIV numbers were dropping from 492 cases in 2011 to 467 in 2013, the latest numbers indicate a slight resurgence, with 13 more cases in 2014 than in 2013.

5 Things To Watch As GOP Health Bill Moves To The Senate

Just three "no" votes by Senate Republicans would likely be enough to sink the GOP health bill. Democrats who lost the battle in the House are still convinced they can win the political war.

Voting is now open to name two eaglets that were born last month. They're seen here in a recent photo from the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C.

Name These Eaglets: Honor And Glory? Anacostia And Potomac?

Voting began today and will run through next week, with five names to choose from. So far, the young birds have been known only as DC2 and DC3.

"I never imagined I would be in this position, doing this kind of work," says Raed Al Saleh, 33, of his job as the head of the Syrian Civil Defense. "But these are the circumstances."

This Syrian Dad Has One Of The World's Most Dangerous Jobs

Five years ago, Raed Al Saleh was a businessman. Now he heads the 3,000-strong Syrian Civil Defense, rescuing civilians from the rubble after airstrikes.

(Top left) A loaf of bread that Daniel's family ate for their meals while they lived in the ghetto. (Top right) Aiden reads one of Daniel's diary entries. Twin sisters Nicolette and Victoria Dejour, 6, look through a window displaying scenes of Germany with their mother Royanne in the children's exhibit at the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C.

At These Museums, Tragedy Is A History Lesson

How do you explain the toughest parts of history to children? We asked leaders from memorial museums around the U.S. to help us understand the best way to do so.

Then-FBI Director James Comey testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on May 3. Comey was fired May 9 after more than a year of controversy surrounding the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server.

The James Comey Saga, In Timeline Form

The fired FBI director's story has everything: suggestions of taped conversations, a tarmac meeting and tweets — lots of tweets.

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