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Maine has lost a beloved legend. Virginia Oliver, known as the Lobster Lady, has died at age 105. She spent more than nine decades working on the sea at a job she loved.

Hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the U.S. are getting a reprieve.

Restaurants in Minneapolis have shifted their business strategies -- and their missions -- around the federal immigration push in the Twin Cities region.

Senators have reached a deal they hope will avoid a lengthy government shutdown and allow time to negotiate reforms to the Department of Homeland Security.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former Israeli intelligence official Sima Shine about tensions in Iran and what they could mean for the future of the regime.

NPR's Michael Sullivan has the fourth in a series of reports on how the rise of the Taliban militia in Afghanistan has affected neighboring countries. The threat of the Taliban to India is probably *not* great, but India, which has been fighting Muslim separatists in Kashmir, does worry about home-grown Islamic fundamentalism.

VA secretary Doug Collins is appearing before senators to explain plans to overhaul the department. But some of the focus of the hearing was also on his comments about the killing of Alex Preeti.

NPR's Adrian Florido had been buying fruit from the same fruit-cart vendor in his Los Angeles neighborhood for years. On Tuesday, Florido was there when federal immigration agents whisked him away.

NPR's Michael Sullivan has the third part of a series on the impact of the Taliban on Afghanistan and its neighbors. Today, we go to Tajikistan (tah-JEEK-ih-stan), where the communist government has agreed to share power with the Islamic-led opposition. The country is enjoying peace for the first time in years.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican Minnesota State Rep. Nolan West, who represents part of Minneapolis, about the reservations he's expressed on the federal show of force in the state.