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A large shooting complex in southern Illinois has had a limited reopening after it was closed nearly seven months ago due to the lack of a state budget.…

Visitors watch a killer whale swim in a tank at SeaWorld in San Diego in 2006. A SeaWorld executive says orca shows at the San Diego park will be replaced with a more natural presentation by 2017.

SeaWorld To Change Its Criticized Orca Show After Next Year

The company's market value has plunged after complaints about its treatment of killer whales. The CEO says in 2017 SeaWorld in San Diego will switch to an "informative" show in a more natural setting.

An empty coffee mug, left forlorn on the table. Federal regulators found that "New of Kopi Jantan Tradisional Natural Herbs Coffee" had an ingredient similar to the active ingredient in Viagra.

A Wake-Up Call: Coffee Recalled By FDA For Having Viagra-Like Ingredient

Regulators took issue with the tortuously named "New of Kopi Jantan Tradisional Natural Herbs Coffee," which didn't declare a chemical akin to the erectile dysfunction drug's active ingredient.

Macaco: Spanish Pop 'Fusion Without Confusion'

His pop songcraft mixes the international rhythms and polyglot languages of his native Barcelona. For Dani Carbonell, the voice and songwriting talent behind the band Macaco, musical fusion comes naturally.

In 2020, the Trump administration nearly doubled the length of the form that immigrants with disabilities can use to apply for a citizenship-test waiver. The government recently shortened and simplified the form. Here, a person holds an American flag while participating in a naturalization ceremony to become a U.S. citizen in Miami in 2018.

U.S. removes Trump-era barriers to citizenship-test waivers for disabled immigrants

The Trump administration had put in place hurdles for disabled applicants seeking to naturalize, including nearly doubling the length of the form used to apply for a citizenship-test waiver.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that the operator of the Miss United States of America pageant can't be forced to allow openly transgender women into its competitions.

U.S. court says a pageant can exclude transgender women in its competitions

Anita Green sued Miss United States of America claiming the pageant's eligibility rules, which require contestants to be "natural born females," violate Oregon's anti-discrimination law.

Judge rules against majority of claims in Black student's hair discrimination case

Darryl George's fight to wear his natural hair first began last summer.

Superintendent On Why Some Students Might Thrive Under Virtual Learning

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Jamie Wilson, Superintendent of the Denton Independent School District, about plans to offer a Virtual Academy next year for families who want remote learning.

"I try to lead an examined life," says Anne Neuberger, the NSA's chief risk officer. "I try to lead a life where I'm asking myself that question: Have I earned the gift of existence, in some way?" All her grandparents were Holocaust survivors.

At The NSA, A Rising Star's Commitment To Faith — And Public Service

The National Security Agency's chief risk officer grew up in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community that didn't encourage women to work outside the home. But she credits her faith for her achievements.

Scientists were able to map the entirety of the shipwreck site, from the Titanic's separated bow and stern sections to its vast debris field.

A remarkable new view of the Titanic shipwreck is here, thanks to deep-sea mappers

The Titanic wreck is hard to reach and harder to capture, with most images showing just a section at a time. The first full-sized digital scan offers what experts call a game-changing view.

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