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China runs the largest censorship machine in human history, researchers say. But Harvard studies of Internet postings in China suggest that even vitriolic criticisms of leaders and state policies are not what officials want to censor.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Carlotta Weibl a spokesperson for Sea Eye, one of the non-governmental organizations running migrant rescue vessels in the Mediterranean.

Victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue are honored at a community gathering in Pittsburgh on Sunday night.

Historically, most eligible voters don't cast ballots during midterm elections.

A 2008 federal law is supposed to protect people from having their genes used against them. But it only applies to health insurance — not, for example, long-term-care insurance. That's exactly the type of insurance people might seek after learning they're genetically predisposed to some medical problem down the road.

The state is implementing a controversial pilot program that offers some homeless people a way to leave Hawaii and reunite with family members in other states. A noteworthy critic of the plan is the department in charge of implementing it, which foresees a costly administrative burden.

The improvement in the unemployment rate in the last year belies the fact that the rate would be so much higher if the number of people in the labor force didn't shrink.

Thousands of migrants are stuck on the Greek side of the border. A crowd tore down a fence, and were met with tear gas from Macedonian authorities. Steve Inskeep talks to the BBC's Danny Savage.

"People work in the White House, and those people also shop at my grocery store and are out about town," said one resident. On Monday, there was an 81% increase in tests compared to a week ago.

Acetaminophen, the world's most popular painkiller, doesn't just dull physical aches, it also has subtle psychological effects, researchers say. But blunting emotions isn't always a good thing.