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Supreme Court justices decline to hear the appeals of two prominent American journalists facing jail terms. Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper face jail time on contempt charges for refusing to name sources in an investigation of a leak of a CIA agent's name.

All Things Considered remembers Loyd C. Sigmon, who in 1955 invented the "SigAlert" system of messages that warn Southern California motorists about freeway traffic jams. The alerts were meant to draw more listeners to the radio station where he worked. Sigmon died at age 95 on Wednesday.

North Korea on Thursday submitted its long-awaited declaration detailing its nuclear weapons activities. In turn, the Bush administration said it will lift some trade sanctions against the country, and move to take it off the U.S. terrorism blacklist.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office says it collected nearly $1 billion revenue last year from settlements, fines and penalties. The sum…

Contaminated and counterfeit drugs can be more profitable than illegal ones, and they're spreading. This problem is killing people around the world, including in the U.S., and hampering efforts to control diseases like tuberculosis, malaria and AIDS.

The U.N. Human Rights Commission report says ISIS is committing crimes against the Yazidi population in Syria and Iraq. Renee Montagne talks to Vitit Muntarbhorn, one of the authors of the report.

Syria has seen the most attacks but it is far from the only country where assaults take place.

After a nearly two-year investigation and nearly a month more of waiting, people will soon be able to read some of the findings of the Russia investigation — in investigators' own words.

Attorney General William Barr laid out the conclusions of the redacted Mueller report on Thursday and said he didn't think the evidence was "sufficient to establish that the president committed an obstruction of justice offense."

A new law in Texas makes it illegal to have an abortion after six weeks, as well as to help anyone have an abortion. Activists are spamming a website set up to report people for violating the law.