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Women in a secret group in a female mentorship organization operated as "slaves" with "masters," say federal prosecutors. Actress Allison Mack is alleged to have played a big role in the operation.

On the day of Barbara Bush's funeral, NPR's Michel Martin reflects on the former first lady's legacy.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with children's book author and poet Andrea Davis Pinkney about her picks from the #NPRPoetry submissions.

"It's been far too long that workers in this industry have been exploited," said Ihaab Syed, the secretary of the Campaign Workers Guild.

Dust in the Rocky Mountain snow can cause elevated water runoff, and greater opportunities for forest fires.

It's little known that the CIA uses Amazon Web Services to store its data, and, now, it's the favorite for a big-money Pentagon contract to do the same. Amazon's tentacles go to other agencies, too.

Human Rights groups are accusing the government of Daniel Ortega of using live rounds to quell the demonstrations. The violence was triggered by an unpopular pension overhaul.

Four people were shot to death Sunday at a Waffle House in Nashville. The toll could have been far higher if a bystander hadn't wrestled the weapon away from the gunman.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes Monday on President Trump's pick for secretary of state. But, it's looking like Mike Pompeo will not get the panel's backing.

The man got stuck trying to rescue the cat. The fire department rescued the man and then the cat. A battalion chief in Norfolk, Va., stressed that cat rescues are "not something we normally do."