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Alaysia Mondon, 14, baits her hook with a worm while fishing on Lake Lashaway.

Camp Atwater Offers Black Children A Chance To Make Friends And Make Plans

At 100-year-old Camp Atwater, Black children can enjoy life away from the city, playing sports, making friends and spending time discussing their futures.

"I never thought that my story would have touched somebody so much that they went in front of Congress to present a bill," the young woman, whom NPR is not naming, said of Shaheen. "There's a lot of voices out there that can't tell her thank you."

Young Trafficking Victim's Story On NPR Leads To Senator's Amendment

Hearing about a young woman's struggle to wipe away her conviction on prostitution charges inspired New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen to introduce legislation to help other victims.

The first all-female referee team makes history at the World Cup

History is made as the first all-female referee team officiates the World Cup match between Costa Rica and Germany.

Jazz singer Samara Joy embraces the past while making music for the future

Watch Lara Downes' conversation with the 23-year-old, Grammy-nominated sensation about balancing the demands of a surging career and the women artists who paved the way.

Judge to rule how much the government will pay family and victims of church shooting

Lawyers made final arguments in the Sutherland Springs church shooting case. A federal judge will decide how much the U.S. government will pay victims and families of the 2017 church shooting.

Taiwan's president is making what's being called a 'high stakes' stopover in New York

Tsai Ing-wen is in New York as part of a trip to Central America and the U.S. Beijing considers Taiwan part of its territory and opposes interactions between Taiwan and other state officials.

Taiwan's president is making what's being called a 'high stakes' stopover in New York

Tsai Ing-wen is in New York as part of a trip to Central America and the U.S. Beijing considers Taiwan part of its territory and opposes interactions between Taiwan and other state officials.

A woman is evacuated from the Bataclan concert hall in Paris after a shooting on Nov. 13, 2015.

20 men are convicted in the 2015 Paris terror attacks; one sentenced to life in prison

The deadliest peacetime attacks in French history killed 130 people. Chief suspect Salah Abdeslam was found guilty of murder and attempted murder in relation to a terrorist enterprise.

All eyes on Beijing as Taiwan's president makes stops in the U.S. and Central America

Taiwan's president, Tsai Ing-wen is arriving in New York Wednesday afternoon on what the administration official calls "a transit" before headed to central America.

Ozempic's weight loss side effect can make it harder to find for people with diabetes

The prescription drug Ozempic helps people with diabetes control their blood sugar. But its wild popularity is due to a side effect: rapid weight loss. That's made it hard to find in some areas.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks at the White House on April 27. The Biden administration proposed a dramatic rewrite of campus sexual assault rules on Thursday, moving to expand protections for LGBTQ students, bolster the rights of victims and widen colleges' responsibilities in addressing sexual misconduct.

Biden's Title IX reforms would roll back Trump-era rules, expand victim protections

The administration proposed an overhaul of regulations to expand protections for LGBTQI+ students and require schools to respond to all sexual discrimination complaints.

Families of 737 Max crash victims want DOJ to rescind Boeing's settlement agreement

The families of the 346 people who died in two Boeing 737 Max plane crashes want a federal judge to rescind a deal with prosecutors that kept the airplane manufacturer from facing criminal charges.

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