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FDA Finalizes Rules On E-Cigarettes, Cigars And Hookahs

The Food and Drug Administration released long-awaited plans Thursday. In addition to barring sales of tobacco products and e-cigarettes to people under age 18, the agency imposes other restrictions.

Refugee children from Syria stand behind a fence where they and their families are being detained temporarily in Hungary, near the border with Serbia. Many want to go to Germany, which has been welcoming to those seeking asylum.

Stranded In Hungarian Camps, Migrants Press To Leave

Migrants from as far away as Afghanistan have been placed behind barbed wire in detention camps in Hungary. NPR's Lauren Frayer visits a camp where the numbers — and the frustrations — keep growing.

Why Peer Pressure Doesn't Add Up To Retirement Savings

People often do what their neighbors do. A firm decided to get more people to sign up for retirement plans by telling employees how many of their coworkers had signed up. What happened next?

Members of the Democracy Spring coalition set out Saturday, trudging past Independence Hall in Philadelphia on their way to Washington, D.C.

Once Ruled By Washington Insiders, Campaign Finance Reform Goes Grass Roots

More than 1,000 participants have pledged to let themselves be arrested when the protests start next Monday in Washington, D.C.

Valencia College Mourns 7 Students Killed In Orlando Nightclub Shooting

Seven of the 49 victims of the Orlando shooting were students at Valencia College. Steve Inskeep talks to Joseph Torres, the president of the student government association of Valencia's east campus.

The Rev. Chris Donald, a Methodist chaplain at Millsaps College, joins other human rights advocates Wednesday at the state Capitol's rotunda, calling for the Mississippi Senate to defeat what they believe is a discriminatory anti-LGBT bill. The Senate passed the bill, which is now on the governor's desk.

Here's Why Mississippi's 'Religious Freedom' Bill Is So Controversial

The bill, approved by state lawmakers this week, protects those who deny services to others based on three specific moral beliefs: objections to same-sex marriage, extramarital sex and trans people.

President Obama waves as he arrives to the podium to address the Cuban people at the National Theater in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Obama who is in Cuba in a trailblazing trip said he came to Cuba to "bury the last remnant of the Cold War."

In Cuba, Obama Calls For Burying 'Last Remnant' Of Cold War

President Barack Obama urged Cubans on Tuesday to look toward a hopeful future with the United States, casting his historic visit to the communist...

Appeals Court Set To Weigh In On Request To Access Testimony From Lynching Cold Case

A federal appeals court is set to weigh in on four African-American killings in Georgia in 1946. The FBI investigated and dozens of people testified. Now a historian wants access the sealed records.

White House To Release Transcript Of Trump-Zelenskiy Conversation

NPR's Noel King talks to Kimberly Wehle, constitutional law expert and law professor at the University of Baltimore, about the focus of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump.

Truvada is one of two HIV prevention drugs that will be available for free to qualified individuals.

HIV Prevention Drugs Are Available For Free: How Do You Get Them?

For people at high risk of HIV, taking a daily dose of a prevention drug is essential. But many can't afford it. A new federal program makes the drugs available for free.

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