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Officials have been working for years to build a new jail as part of a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which sued the county in 2009 alleging conditions at the current jail are unconstitutional.

As The Life of a Showgirl's numbers dwindle, some fresh voices liven up the song and album charts this week.

A shrewd political strategist, California Rep. Nancy Pelosi has had an unprecedented career in Congress. First elected in 1987, Pelosi became one of the most effective leaders of the Democratic Party.

There's a global shortage of radiologists. Now artificial intelligence is helping speed up the diagnosis of tuberculosis in hard-to-reach communities.

Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.

In failing to fully fund the food assistance program that covers 42 million low-income Americans, the judge said the government "failed to consider the harms" to people who rely on the benefits.

The federal government remains shut down, in what is now the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Reporters from the NPR Network are digging into the ways the government shutdown is playing out in their region.

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, helps about 6 million U.S. households pay energy bills, buy fuel, or fix broken heaters. The shutdown has stalled funds.

NPR's data analysis shows that the DOJ has tended to fire judges with immigrant defense backgrounds in its recent rounds of dismissals.

After Republicans lost big in Tuesday's elections, adding pressure to end the government shutdown, President Trump pushed changes to Senate rules to bypass the need for Democratic-votes.