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Teachers from Castro Elementary School cheer at a rally at the Colorado State Capitol on Monday.

Denver Teachers Reach Tentative Deal To End Strike

"This agreement is a win, plain and simple: for our students; for our educators; and for our communities," said Denver Classroom Teachers Association President Henry Roman.

In the immediate aftermath of the mass shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., a year ago, 71 percent of Americans said laws covering the sale of firearms should be stricter. Now, it's 51 percent.

Poll: A Year After Parkland, Urgency For New Gun Restrictions Declines

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds the percentage of Americans who think laws covering the sale of firearms should be stricter has dropped 20 points from immediately after the Parkland shooting.

A 3D-printed gun called the Liberator. A man was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday for violating a court order after he printed his own 3D gun.

Texas Man With 3D-Printed Gun And 'Hit List' Of Lawmakers Sentenced To 8 Years

The man printed the gun after a background check stopped him from purchasing a firearm legally. His sentencing comes as lawmakers around the country are trying to expand background check requirements.

Poll: A Year After Parkland, Urgency For New Gun Restrictions Declines

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds the percentage of Americans who think laws covering the sale of firearms should be stricter has dropped 20 points from immediately after the Parkland shooting.

Thousands of people participate in the March for Our Lives protest in New York City in March 2018.

NRA Facing Most Formidable Opposition Yet, A Year After Parkland

The gun rights group says it has more dues-paying members than any other grassroots organization, but shifting power in Congress and changing public opinions on gun laws may present challenges.

3 Syrian Ex-Intelligence Officials Arrested On Charges Of Torture

Two former members of President Assad's intelligence agency were arrested in Germany for allegedly participating in the abuse of captive dissidents. A third Syrian national was apprehended in Paris.

Ramla Sahid, founder of the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans, sits for an interview at her organization's offices in San Diego's City Heights community, Feb. 12, 2019.

San Diego Advocate Earns Fellowship, Grant Funds For Work Supporting Immigrants

Nonprofit founder Ramla Sahid earned a fellowship from a California foundation that included a $250,000 grant.

Hesitancy about vaccination in a community has a lot to do with acculturation to its norms.

Medical Anthropologist Explores 'Vaccine Hesitancy'

Families learn to be skeptical about vaccines in communities where incomplete vaccination is the norm. A researcher into the phenomenon found that people are ready to listen, if they're heard, too.

Brock Long is stepping down from his post as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

FEMA Administrator Brock Long Says He Will Step Down

In a surprise announcement, Long says it is time to go home to his family. An internal government watchdog said he had improperly used government vehicles to travel to his home in North Carolina.

NASA's Opportunity rover used its navigation camera to capture this northward view of tracks in May 2010 during its long trek to Mars' Endeavour crater.

NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Is Officially Declared Dead

NASA's six-wheeled rover landed on the red planet in January 2004 for what was billed as a 90-day mission. The plucky robot was still going until a dust storm on Mars last summer killed it.

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