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The Fayette County school system runs regular classes for the young people incarcerated at the Fayette Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Lexington, Ky.

Running Away Or Skipping School Could Get A Kid Locked Up. Now That's Changing

The number of girls in the juvenile justice system has been rising because of arrests for low level offenses like running away or violating curfew. Kentucky is now taking a different approach.

Grigory Vodolazov's 3-year-old son peers into his family's apartment complex from their unit in Bellevue, Wash. The Vodolazov family is part of Creating Moves to Opportunity, a housing voucher experiment that uses incentives and counseling to encourage low-income families to move to what are called "high opportunity" areas.

In Seattle, A Move Across Town Could Be A Path Out Of Poverty

Studies show poor children living in "high opportunity" areas have a better chance at success. A program in the Seattle area to help families move to better neighborhoods has seen promising results.

Survivors Of Child Sex Abuse In New York Gear Up To File Suits Against Their Abusers

Beginning on August 14, New Yorkers who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse will have a one year window of opportunity to file civil suits against…

It's The Final Hours For East Hampton's Old Town Hall

East Hampton’s old town hall building is scheduled for demolition today.The building has served as East Hampton’s town hall since the early 1960s. And it…

French inventor Franky Zapata has successfully flown over the English Channel on a personal flying machine.

This Time, Franky Zapata Makes It Across The English Channel On A Hoverboard

Nobody else has ever tried to cross the body of water by hoverboard, which is powered by a backpack full of fuel. The last time he tried, he plunged into the sea.

U.S. stocks nosedived Monday as China's currency fell sharply and raised fears that the U.S.-China trade war would keep escalating.

Stock Markets Take Another Hit As The Trade War With China Heats Up

World stock markets saw sharp sell-offs after China let its currency slide, the latest move in its trade war with the United States. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 767 points, or 2.9%.

Remembering Oscar-Winning Documentary Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker

Pennebaker, who died Aug. 1, pioneered a cinéma vérité style of filmmaking in documentaries like Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back and The War Room. Originally broadcast in 1989.

Authorities say jailed Brazilian drug trafficker Clauvino da Silva tried but failed to escape from a prison in Rio de Janeiro wearing this disguise.

Brazilian Drug Trafficker Tries To Escape Prison Disguised As His Daughter

Guards said they saw a woman acting nervous as she approached the exit. They discovered she was a man, a drug trafficker sentenced to decades in prison.

Remembering Derrick R. Fudge, A Victim Of The Dayton Shooting

NPR's Ari Shapiro and Audie Cornish remember Derrick R. Fudge, a 57-year-old man who was one of nine people killed in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday.

Sarah Palin, political commentator and former governor of Alaska, has accused <em>The New York Times</em> of slander over an editorial tying her to a 2011 mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz.

Appeals Court Revives Sarah Palin's Defamation Lawsuit Against 'The New York Times'

Federal judges said a lower court was wrong to dismiss the former vice presidential candidate's lawsuit against the newspaper over an editorial that linked her to a 2011 mass shooting.

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