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Tornadoes damaged homes, briefly trapped people in a grocery store and ripped the roof off an apartment complex in Mississippi. Two people died as a tree crunched their mobile home in Alabama.

From LGBT issues to police shootings, civil rights has been the story of the Obama Justice Department. NPR takes a look at what Donald Trump's civil rights team might make a priority.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talk to Washington Post reporter Michelle Boorstein about the Catholic organization that bought mobile phone data to "out" priests who use gay dating apps.

For years, the trial of the men accused of plotting the 9/11 terror attacks was described as "delayed." Now the trial seems improbable, and settlement talks are also in limbo.

As the movie Oppenheimer plays in theaters across the country, families affected by fallout from atomic testing in New Mexico are pushing Congress for compensation.

The Labor Department said Friday the nation's unemployment rate rose to 9.7 percent in August, the highest since 1983. But the economy shed a net total of 216,000 jobs, the fewest monthly losses in a year.

The House of Representatives begins debate Tuesday on a nonbinding resolution expressing disapproval of President Bush's plan to increase U.S. combat troops in Iraq. The debate could extend through the end of the week.

The Koch brothers' wide-ranging influence is no secret. But rather than focusing on how they spend their money, Christopher Leonard presents a richly reported tale of how they got it.

A jet from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed, killing all 10 people on board, officials said. Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, officials said, but it wasn't clear if he was on board.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Michael Bociurkiw, an expert on foreign affairs, about the replacement of the Ukrainian defense minister.