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Pundits and politicians have staked out their positions in the encryption dispute between Apple and the FBI. The same debate is playing out across the country between siblings, parents and children, and even husbands and wives.

"Any kind of performance is really valuable, because every person is valuable," the Minnesota musician says. Her haunting melodies and unique playing style made her stand out to the judges.

In a speech on Thursday, Mitt Romney sharply criticized Donald Trump. The former 2012 presidential candidate called Trump a fraud and a phony. Romney said he would vote for any of the other Republican contenders, but did not endorse one.

Algebra is the one course that prevents the most people from graduating high school, and it's the single most failed course in community colleges. Now some educators are questioning whether people really need these skills as adults, and whether it's time for a new approach to teaching math.

The stakes in the November election are higher for Democrats than Republicans. Democrats currently hold fewer elected offices nationwide than at any time since the 1920s, and the Obama years have decimated the party's bench.

Roger Stone's relationship with President Trump goes back long before the 2016 presidential campaign. His time in politics, as a self-described "dirty trickster" grew out of the Nixon campaign.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Marc Lotter, former special assistant to President Trump and press secretary for Vice President Pence, about Trump's move Friday to end the government shutdown.

Nan Whaley is mayor of Dayton, Ohio. She speaks with NPR's Audie Cornish about the impact of the government shutdown on her community, and her thoughts on a temporary deal to reopen the government.

More employers say they're being "ghosted," the Federal Reserve noted recently. That's when a worker just stops coming to work and is impossible to contact. The strong economy may help explain it.

Across the country, officer-involved shootings this year have raised questions about police tactics. In Los Angeles, a third of police shootings involved people deemed in mental distress.