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The investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller has produced criminal charges against four people associated with Donald Trump's presidential campaign. The most recent and closest to the president is his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn. Over the weekend, Trump sent out a tweet saying he had to fire Flynn this year for lying to the White House and the FBI. This seems to suggest the president knew that Flynn misled the FBI and that raises a host of legal questions for the Trump legal team.

Syrians say civilians were killed and wounded during the U.S. raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. That contradicts the account by the U.S. military, which says it's looking into the matter.

At least $102 million dollars. That’s just an initial estimate of the hit Panhandle ranchers took after an outbreak of wildfires in late February — including the Smokehouse Creek Fire, the largest in state history. Over three days this week, a panel of state lawmakers heard first-hand accounts from affected ranchers and investigators exploring the fire’s origins.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, about the finding of some Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election in Robert Mueller's report.

After studying various species earlier this month, some scientists now say they understand the origin of animal behavior during solar eclipses.

Some cities, like three in Vermont, allow non-U.S. citizens to vote in local elections. In these places, noncitizen turnout has remained low, as noncitizen voting is a contentious national issue.

Tracy Matheson's organization is funding makeovers of rooms that police use to interview sexual assault victims. The project was inspired by the violent death of Matheson's daughter.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sahar Fetrat a researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the lives of women in Afghanistan now, as the Taliban continue to limit their presence in public life.

Small claims court was once a place where individuals could get a court solution to a small dispute. Now, many cases involve lawyers for big companies going after individuals for small sums.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with NetChoice's Carl Szabo, a critic of Florida's new social media restrictions for kids, about age verification and fears of data collection.