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Join us with two of this year's Bay Nature Institute Local Hero Awards winners: José González, founder of Latino Outdoors, and Emma Lewis, natural resources specialist for the City of South San Francisco's Parks and Recreation Department.

Because Sergio Hernandez was standing outside of U.S. territory when he was shot to death, a lawsuit had been impossible — until the Supreme Court weighed in Monday.

The Justice Department has ended contracts with several halfway houses across the country. That change means inmates will likely stay in prison longer and have a tougher transition back to society.

• Free-spirited bluegrass musician remembers days riding the rails before his incarceration• Dance or die: how ballet could save your life in a prison…

Michigan State University has agreed to pay a $500 million settlement to 332 sexual abuse victims of the university's former sports doctor Larry Nassar.

The terms of the agreement call for the bulk of the money to be paid out to more than 300 women and girls, with some set aside in a trust for possible future claimants.

For much of the United States, invasive grass species are making wildfires more frequent, especially in fire-prone California, a new study finds.Twelve…

The Trump administration is in a new full-court press to message optimism on the unpopular war in Iran.

Wang Quanzhang was arrested in 2015 along with hundreds of other legal activists. Human rights groups say the sentence makes a mockery of the rule of law.

• Free-spirited bluegrass musician remembers days riding the rails before his incarceration• Dance or die: how ballet could save your life in a prison…

The "Hearts of Our People" exhibition is devoted entirely to the art of Native American women past and present. "We're still very powerfully here," says Anita Fields, one of the artists in the show.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to the comedian Eric Andre about his new Netflix special, Legalize Everything.