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An attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday has, again, highlighted the climate of political violence in the U.S. But there are still many questions about the motive.

President Trump campaigned on promises of victories on everything from the economy to foreign policy, but he has seen some major setbacks in recent weeks.

Niko Kapetan and Bailey Minzenberger of the band Friko discuss their second album, "Something Worth Waiting For."

In her first appearance on Capitol Hill this year, lawmakers questioned Education Secretary Linda McMahon about students' civil rights and cuts to federal education spending.

A shooting incident at the White House Correspondent's Dinner took focus away from the war in Iran, as Iran's foreign minister planned to return to Islamabad, the site of previous peace talks.

In the final part of our Changing Face of America story Mom's Good Move, the moving van comes to Peg Collison's house where she has lived for almost 30 years. She and her partner Chaz have decided to move to a retirement community. Moving day is sad and emotional---their new home is the "University Retirement community" in Davis, California--a new facility. The place is much better than the children had expected, except that all the residents are over the age of 65. Peg has to meet new friends, find a new church and new children to tutor. But rather than finding a sedate life, sitting around, reading books -- she is just as busy as she was in her old home -- and seems just as happy.

In part two of our story, Mom's Good Move, Peg Collison and her family sift through the contents of the house she has lived in for almost thirty years. Peg has decided to move to a retirement community and, as she says, she needs to "downsize" her belongings. In the process, she uncovers long lost tapes, letters and other treasures. The adult children come to help mom. They have to figure out who gets what and why. Collison's son Dan produced this story, for NPR's Changing Face of America series. Part one aired yesterday.

Republicans in Florida pushed hard to drop some childhood vaccine requirements for school. But efforts petered out. What could this mean for other states considering similar moves?

High school athletes can get good money for their name, image and likeness or NIL in many states now, but they also don't know much about how to navigate such contracts.

Sophy Romvari's semi-autobiographical drama touches on her childhood in British Columbia and her family's experience of tragedy. Blue Heron has won numerous prizes at international film festivals.

NPR'S INA JAFFE REPORTS ON THE TWO-WEEK CROSS COUNTRY TOUR OF MORE THAN 200 WORLD WAR II AIRCRAFT KNOW AS "FREEDOM FLIGHT AMERICA," A COMMEMORATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD WAR II.

Until Tuesday, Mount Everest was imperiled because of a huge and unstable ice block that was preventing climbers from making it to Camp 1. Sherpas have found a way around it.