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Since Hurricane Katrina, the hated rodents have flourished in piles of trash and blighted buildings. But when simply setting traps didn't work, city officials decided to take a more methodical approach to rat control. They're attacking the problems that invite the rats — and they're winning.

Netflix and other streaming services don't release ratings data. This makes it a hard company to negotiate with and makes it hard for competitors to know what they're up against.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Tracey Winbush, vice chair of the Mahoning County, Ohio, GOP, about her support of Donald Trump as an African-American Republican and the intensity of enthusiasm around this year's election.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Kori Schake of the Hoover Institution about Syria and what may lie ahead now that the U.S. has taken direct military action against the Assad regime.

A recent study finds many companies require low-wage employees to sign non-compete clauses. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Evan Starr, assistant professor at the University of Maryland business school.

The Justice Department will deploy more than 500 people to help watch polling places on Election Day. That's a significant decrease since the last presidential contest.

Kendall Coyne Schofield became the first woman to compete in the NHL All-Stars Skills Competition this past week. She subbed in for Nathan MacKinnon who couldn't compete because of a bruised foot.

NASA has selected the astronauts who will fly on the first commercial space flights.

The University of Farmington was a fake school set up by U.S. Homeland Security. The Chronicle of Higher Education's Karin Fischer tells NPR's Scott Simon why agents set up the sting operation.

In a week of record cold, Chicago resident Candice Payne rented hotel rooms for strangers living outside. Then the donations started pouring in. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the good Samaritan.