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Shazia Zia's newborn baby boy was taken from a maternity ward less than a day after she gave birth in Islamabad, and the family, hospital authorities and police officials disagree over who's to blame.

NPR's Michel Martin asks reporter Rebecca Burns what is behind the chronic train derailments in the United States.

The Grand Lodge in Paducah hosts a performance of Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" this Saturday night at 6. Proceeds benefit the Merryman House…

A tied Virginia legislative contest was decided by a drawing on Thursday, after a brief legal fight. Coin flips, drawing cards and throwing dice decide ties around the U.S.

Judge Mary Kay Holthus was attacked by a defendant during his sentencing. Courtroom assaults such as this are rare, but judges face other threats — more than 4,500 reported incidents in 2021 alone.

A fish kill of roughly 6,000 near on Lake Barkley late last week isn’t necessarily an uncommon occurrence according to the KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlife…

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia's first female president, stepped down in January in the country's first democratic transition in 75 years. She talks with Michel Martin about her legacy.

Experts say much work still needs to be done to fix harassment and sexual assault problems in the legal profession.

On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain: Rasha remembers the nurse who treated her ailing mom with uncommon kindness.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dawn Staley, the coach of the University of South Carolina women's basketball team, about her new memoir and successful career.