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How Trump's immigration crackdown is sweeping up longtime residents and workers

Jacob Soboroff of NBC News says the Trump administration promised to deport the "worst of the worst" criminal immigrants, but is now detaining undocumented workers with no serious criminal record.

Uploaded from the Homeless GoPro Facebook page, pictured is one of the organization's autobiographers Jimbo. He is among many other people experiencing homelessness who share their stories through video.(Facebook)

Giving The Homeless A Camera To Tell Their Stories

A new project is handing out GoPro's to homeless people, hoping to give the public a closer look at who these people really are.

The FEMA command center in Washington, D.C., Aug. 30, 2005, shortly after Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.

Woes at Embattled FEMA Spur Employee Exits

FEMA is having trouble holding on to its best people. Several FEMA staffers have told NPR that people are leaving because the agency is in trouble and no one appears to be addressing the problems.

Many In High-Risk Insurance Pools Face Lifetime Coverage Limits

Despite the federal overhaul of health care, people in the pools are left out because of a wrinkle in legal language. The high-risk pools aren't licensed as insurers in most states, so they're not subject to the federal law.

Nearly 49,000 people have now recovered from COVID-19 in Italy, which is reporting its first overall drop in positive cases since February. Here, a woman gets on her bicycle after shopping in Rome.

Italy Finally Sees Its 1st Drop In Active Coronavirus Cases

Other key metrics also improved: Italy had 127 fewer COVID-19 patients in hospitals as of Monday and 62 fewer people were in intensive care units.

Governors Say They'll Force Out-Of-State Visitors To Quarantine

People fleeing COVID-19 hotspots will get a chilly reception and a forced quarantine in Florida and Rhode Island

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered the closure of most retail stores and banned public gatherings of more than two in a stepped-up response to slow the coronavirus.

U.K. Prime Minister Tells Brits To Stay Home, Threatens Fines

Boris Johnson has ordered that people stay in their homes, aside from four exemptions. Only essential businesses will be allowed to stay open and the police will be empowered to enforce the measures.

What The New Census Data Shows About Race Depends On How You Look At It

Growing numbers of people in the U.S. are reporting on census forms that they identify with more than one racial group. But they're often hidden in breakdowns of the country's demographics.

Age verification for adult web sites advances in Florida House

A bill that would require people to verify their age before accessing online content that would be “harmful to minors” began advancing in the Florida House on Thursday, as Speaker Paul Renner has made the proposal a legislative priority. The bill (HB 3) would require any company that “knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes material harmful to minors on a website or application” to use “reasonable age verification methods” to prove that people accessing the site are at least 18 years old.

Belize, the home of our offshore company, <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/07/27/157499893/episode-390-we-set-up-an-offshore-company-in-a-tax-haven">Unbelizable</a>.

Who Hides Money Outside The Country?

Over the past decade, 39,000 people have come forward to tell the government they've been hiding money overseas. Here's what they tell us about offshore money.

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