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A troubled private prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, was shut down in 2021. Now, that facility and other prisons closed because of serious problems are set to reopen as migrant detention centers.

NPR speaks with Katya Schwenk, a reporter at investigative news outlet "The Lever," about a memo outlining the Trump administration's use of a refugee fund to resettle white South Africans in the U.S.

QUEER POWER HOUR is spending the next four weeks at two legendary LGBTQ resort towns on New York's Fire Island: Cherry Grove and the Pines.

The Oakland City Council voted Tuesday to settle a lawsuit over alleged improprieties in the leadup to the 2022 mayoral election, but did so without admitting to any wrongdoing.

The fourth of four recent episodes about the Bay Area from the locally produced California Sun podcast. Airing this week on BAY MADE.

Trump said this would boost U.S. exports of beef, ethanol and other goods — though details on food standards still need to be worked out. The 10% U.S. tariff on imports of most British goods remains.

The six conservatives on the Supreme Court ruled that cities can fine and arrest homeless people for sleeping in public spaces, even if they have no other place to go.

'In Harm's Way', a new series from KALW, brings together stories of workers on the frontlines of harm reduction and overdose response in the Bay Area. These workers are saving lives for low pay while often dealing with their own trauma.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the department will consider bringing back some employees who took the government's deferred resignation offer.

Dr. Janette Nesheiwat withdrew her nomination for Surgeon General after questions about her credentials. Dr. Casey Means has a medical degree from Stanford and a best-selling book on metabolic health.

Today is Swimming Pool Day!

An Environmental Protection Agency plan to eliminate its Energy Star offices would end a decades-old program that gave consumers a choice to buy environmentally friendly electronics and save money on bills, consumer and environmental groups said.