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A ship ran aground more than a month ago, and a gash on its side is leaking oil. There's growing outrage that the companies responsible are not taking action to stop the environmental destruction.

It's the Democrats' latest attempt to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 from $7.25 by 2024. Amazon and several presidential candidates support the bill, though it faces high hurdles in the Senate.

The woman was walking a bicycle across the road when she was fatally struck by the SUV. The car had a human operator behind the wheel but was in computer control mode at the time of the crash.

"I'm very pleased to announce... we are now confident we have accounted for all of the individuals," Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said, easing fears of a higher total.

A second federal judge has issued a court ruling against the administration's plans to ask whether every person living in the country is a U.S. citizen in the 2020 census.

The Arizona Republican said she did not report the assault because "I didn't trust the system at the time." The revelation came during a hearing on sexual assault in the military.

Cody Weddle, who has been covering the political unrest of President Nicolás Maduro's administration, will soon be deported to the U.S. after spending more than 12 hours in custody.

The San Francisco Bay Area is known for its love of fine food. It's also increasingly becoming known as an area where it's almost impossible to live on a service-industry wage.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., about Michael Cohen's latest closed session testimony before the House intelligence committee on Wednesday.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with author Mitchell Jackson about his second book, Survival Math, which details the calculations he made to survive as a young black man growing up in Portland, Ore.