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An iPhone screengrab of Snapchat's speed filter, which allows users to record and share how fast they are moving. Snap told NPR that it is eliminating the tool.

Snapchat Ends 'Speed Filter' That Critics Say Encouraged Reckless Driving

The messaging app popular with teens is dropping a feature first launched in 2013. After several deadly car crashes involving the filter, Snap was the target of numerous lawsuits.

Department of Homeland Security acting Secretary Chad Wolf is stepping down, citing ongoing litigation regarding his authority at the department.

Amid Domestic Terror Fears, Acting Homeland Security Chief Chad Wolf To Step Down

Wolf's departure from the Trump administration, just days before the president's norm-shattering term is set to come to a close, is the latest Cabinet resignation.

Millions of homes built before 1978 still contain lead-based paint. A report published Monday finds the Environmental Protection Agency is not adequately enforcing laws meant to protect children from lead-laden paint flakes and dust.

Federal Watchdog Warns EPA Is Failing To Enforce Lead Paint Abatement Rules

Home renovations can kick up dangerous dust from lead-based paint. A new report finds the Environmental Protection Agency is not adequately enforcing rules meant to protect kids from lead exposure.

Teresa Garcia says she remains haunted by the dozens of undocumented workers she believes remain missing at the site of 9/11.

Families Of Undocumented Immigrants Lost On 9/11 Continue To Search For Closure

At least 67 undocumented immigrants, mainly from Mexico and South America, who worked at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, are still considered missing.

The bars of a jail cell are pictured in this undated image.

COVID-19 Cases Spike At San Diego County Jails And Detention Centers

More than 1,800 cases have been reported at these facilities from March through mid-December, with hundreds reported in just the past few weeks, according to San Diego County community outbreak records obtained by KPBS.

Among the documents produced by Remington Arms Co. were more than 18,000 files depicting emoji, cartoons and other images including one of a Despicable Me minion sliced like steak with the caption "filet minion," according to a court filing by lawyers representing 10 Sandy Hook families in a lawsuit against the company.

Asked For Documents In Sandy Hook Shooting, A Gun-Maker Sent Thousands Of Cartoons

Lawyers for victims' families suing Remington say the gun-maker is slowing the legal process by filing thousands of pictures, videos and emoji. Remington sources say that accusation is not fair.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Budget Committee, on Capitol Hill in February.

Sen. Bernie Sanders' Next Progressive Frontier: Reshaping A 'Rigged' Tax System

Sanders will introduce legislation Thursday to restore the corporate tax rate to 35% and add a new progressive tax on the estates of the wealthiest Americans.

The federal government is giving out funds to develop seven new testing technologies which could increase testing capacity around the U.S.

Federal Push For Faster, Cheaper Coronavirus Tests Focuses On 7 New Technologies

The National Institutes of Health is giving $248.7 million dollars to seven companies developing new technologies for testing, including use of the revolutionary gene-editing technique CRISPR.

Storm clouds gather above the levee near Lake Pontchartrain as Tropical Storm Cristobal makes landfall on June 07, 2020 in New Orleans.

Hurricane Forecasts Will Start Earlier In 2021

Named storms have formed in the Atlantic before the official June 1 start of hurricane season in each of the last six years. The National Hurricane Center is discussing starting the season in May.

U.S. Census Bureau workers stand outside Lincoln Center in New York City in September. A federal judge has ordered the bureau to keep counting for the 2020 census through Oct. 31 for now.

After 'Egregious' Violation, Judge Orders Census To Count Through Oct. 31 For Now

A federal judge has ordered the Census Bureau to keep counting households for now after finding the agency violated an earlier order by tweeting a "target" end date of Oct. 5.

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