The recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton have become one of the top issues for presidential candidates who are stumping through Iowa this weekend.
At approximately 6:30 a.m. Saturday, the wealthy financier accused of sex trafficking was found unresponsive in his jail cell from an apparent suicide. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Congresswoman Lois Frankel, who believes that there should still be an investigation into alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's actions, even after his death.
NPR's Michel Martin discusses gun control with mayors: Lori Lightfoot of Chicago; Nan Whaley of Dayton, Ohio; and Bryan Barnett of Rochester Hills, Mich.
Domestic extremism researchers say the manifesto linked to the El Paso shooter is intended as a call to arms to other white nationalists. Such explicit calls for violence are becoming more common.
Just under a quarter of Latinos identify or lean toward the GOP. The attack in El Paso targeting the largest ethnic minority in the U.S. is forcing new conversations in families and friendships.
Inmates from the Cook County jail in Chicago just competed in the first international online chess tournament of its kind. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with their coach, Mikhail Korenman.
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown about the release of documents in a lawsuit related to Jeffrey Epstein's alleged crimes.