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At a charity center in Sicily, survivors of the dangerous sea crossings from Libya to Italy face legal and economic limbo and a frosty welcome. But it's still better than the places they fled.

Once an obscure hub of specialists, the yearly gathering of the Society for Neuroscience now draws some of the biggest and brightest from other fields too, seeking answers to brain and body secrets.

The mass shooting in Oregon has revived debate about gun laws. Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, tells NPR's Michel Martin about how gun policies have evolved.

National foes of abortion rights helped facilitate a Texas law that is now being tested before the U.S. Supreme Court. Advocates for abortion rights have measured the law's effects in real time.

The city of Boston is coming together for prayer vigils and reflections following yesterday's explosions at the Boston Marathon. Host Michel Martin talks with Bishop Gayle Harris, of The Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, about how Bostonians are handling the shock and the faith community's response.

With the assistance of foreign partners, more than 1 million barrels of petroleum was seized from foreign-flagged vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, the Justice Department says.

Attorneys for a man scheduled for execution on Thursday say his case was never fair and advocates say the federal death penalty always has targeted a disproportionate number of Black men.

Republican officials in several states are trying to ban abortion during the coronavirus pandemic to preserve medical supplies.

Most medical schools offer little teaching about opioid addiction, even though there is unmet demand for treatment in many areas. Stanford University's medical school is trying to change that.

A 1990s' "K-Drama" now seems oddly prescient.