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Some detainees at the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, Texas, went on a hunger strike last year. There have been at least six hunger strikes at detention centers in the first three months of 2019 alone.

Hunger Strikes At ICE Detention Centers Spread As Parole, Bond Are Denied

9:38am April 19, 2019

by Michael Isaac Stein

There have been at least six hunger strikes at detention centers in the first three months of 2019 alone. One of the detainees' demands was to be released while their cases were adjudicated.

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Voters In The Swing State Of Pennsylvania React To Mueller Report

7:27am April 19, 2019

by Jeff Brady

In suburban Philadelphia, voters react to the release of Robert Mueller's report on his probe into whether President Trump's campaign conspired with the Russians to interfere in the 2016 election.

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A Brooklyn judge on Thursday upheld a mandatory measles vaccinations order. On the same day, the United Talmudical Academy, pictured here, reopened after being closed for failing to comply with a Health Department order that required it to provide medical

Judge Upholds Mandatory Measles Vaccinations As New York Closes More Schools

5:32am April 19, 2019

by Francesca Paris

Judge Lawrence Knipel refused a request from parents to lift the vaccination order that was imposed last week to stem a measles outbreak. The parents claimed the city had overstepped its authority.

Highlights From The Mueller Report, Annotated

11:17pm April 18, 2019

by NPR Staff

A redacted copy of the Mueller investigation report has been released by the Justice Department. NPR reporters and editors are analyzing and annotating notable excerpts from the document.

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Listen: NPR's Special Coverage Of The Release Of The Mueller Report

9:21pm April 18, 2019

Today's nearly 400-page report comes after two years of investigation into Russia's involvement in the 2016 election. After a day of learning the details, listen to NPR's live wrap-up from 8-9 p.m.

Supporters of California's sanctuary laws rally outside a San Francisco courthouse in 2017.

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Federal Appeals Panel Upholds California 'Sanctuary State' Law

7:36pm April 18, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The panel also upheld two other state laws protecting immigrants in the workplace and in detention facilities. The judges say the state has the right "to refrain from assisting with federal efforts."

Selection of pages from Volume 1, Section 3 of the redacted Mueller Report

See How Much Of The Mueller Report Is Redacted

7:01pm April 18, 2019

by Ryan Lucas

Attorney General William Barr explained before the release of the special counsel report that the law and regulations kept him from including everything that Robert Mueller uncovered, as well as how.

Union members picket a Stop & Shop in Dorchester, Mass., prior to the arrival of former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday.

'This Is Morally Wrong': Biden Supports Striking Massachusetts Grocery Workers

6:45pm April 18, 2019

by Callum Borchers

Thirty-one thousand Stop & Shop workers are striking in New England over proposed changes to wages and benefits. Eight days in, the strike has shuttered some stores and slowed business at others,

The photos of five people slain in the Capital Gazette newsroom adorn candles at a vigil in June. The attack was mentioned in the analysis of Reporters Without Borders' annual World Press Freedom Index.

The U.S. Now Ranks As A 'Problematic' Place For Journalists

6:42pm April 18, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

"Never before have US journalists been subjected to so many death threats," Reporters Without Borders said in its annual World Press Freedom Index, adding that President Trump "exacerbates" problem.

The Washington state Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would remove the personal belief exemption from the required vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella. Here, people protest the related house bill outside Washington's Legislative Building in

Washington State Senate Passes Bill Removing Exemption For Measles Vaccine

5:29pm April 18, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The bill removes the personal belief exemption from required childhood vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella. Seventeen states allow exemptions based on philosophical objections.