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Family members watch a rescue vehicle pass by on Feb. 14 in Parkland, Fla.

PTSD Currently Doesn't Qualify Parkland First Responders For Workers' Comp

The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., is speeding a political debate in Florida over paying workers' compensation to sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder.

It's Poetry Month. Tweet us your mini poems all April using the hashtag #NPRPoetry.

Help Us Celebrate National Poetry Month With Your #NPRPoetry Tweets

It's that time of the year when we tip our hats — and yours — to the art of the verse. All month, tweet your mini poems with the hashtag #NPRPoetry, and we'll pick some to feature on-air and online.

An Australian flag flies outside Bandyup Women's Prison where a woman was forced to give birth alone in a locked prison cell despite pleading for help for more than an hour, according to a newly released report.

Report Condemns Australian Prison For Forcing Woman To Give Birth Alone In Cell

"I wanted to understand how such a distressing, degrading and high-risk set of events could have occurred in a 21st Century Australian prison," the head of a prison watchdog said on Wednesday.

"Little Dancer," a sculpture by French artist Edgar Degas, is seen at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., on July 16, 2014.

'Little Dancer' Brings Us To See The Person Behind The Famous Degas Sculpture

Degas's sculpture "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" is known the world over. But who is that young lady he depicts? Camille Laurens aims to find out — and realizes something about herself in the process.

A van belonging to Cesar Sayoc covered in blue tarp was towed by FBI investigators to FBI Miramar Headquarters. The suspect was arrested in connection to the string of pipe bombs mailed to prominent Democrats across the country.

Fingerprints, DNA And Social Media Posts Helped FBI Identify Bomb Suspect Cesar Sayoc

Vitriolic tweets and pro-Trump social media posts add context to the background of Cesar Altieri Sayoc, the man in connection with the homemade pipe bombs sent to top Democrats and liberal donors.

A Oxnard Family Circle's Adult Day Healthcare shuttle is seen in this undated photo.

As America's Veterans Grow Older, The VA Faces A Long-Term Care Crisis

The number of veterans in the VA healthcare system who are 70 or older is expected to grow 30 percent in the next eight years.

Gulnara Dariiga, 38, drives a truck piled high with coal as she waits to cross the border. A mining boom in the Gobi Desert is fueling cross-border trade between Mongolia and China, with millions of tons of coal, copper and precious minerals moving by the truckload every year.

Mongolia's Long Road To Mining Wealth

Mongolia is undergoing a dramatic transformation from a pastoral society to one whose economy is based on mining, especially copper and coal. With the change has come opportunity — and loss.

Education Is A Top Issue In Midterms, And Professors Promise To Encourage Voting

Also in our weekly roundup, rural teens are experiencing homelessness, and four universities are suing the federal government over international student immigration rules.

New research explores how people think autonomous vehicles should handle moral dilemmas. Here, people walk in front of an autonomous taxi being demonstrated in Frankfurt, Germany, last year.

Should Self-Driving Cars Have Ethics?

To design a "moral machine," researchers updated a classic thought experiment for the autonomous vehicle age. But do we really want artificial intelligence making decisions on who lives or dies?

A wrestler flexes his muscles. "He was showing me how big and powerful he is," says photographer Nico Therin, who visited the country to document its national sport.

PHOTOS: It's 'Wrestle Mania' On The Beaches Of Senegal

Kids and adults love to wrestle — especially on the sand. Photographer Nico Therin takes a closer look at the sport.

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