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United Nations Peacekeepers Could Leave Haiti After Nearly 13 Years

The U.N. is in talks about taking peacekeepers out of Haiti. Miami Herald Caribbean Correspondent Jacqueline Charles says Haitian officials are negotiating how to maintain peace on their own.

Court documents show that Apple has received federal requests to help unlock more than a dozen devices.

Apple Has Gotten Federal Orders To Help Unlock At Least 13 Devices

Citing cases in New York, Illinois and elsewhere, Apple says it has received — and resisted — federal orders to access data on iPhones and an iPad in recent months.

After suspending 2020 census field operations because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Census Bureau says it's restarting the hand-delivery of paper forms in rural communities and the hiring of door knockers in some parts of 13 states.

In 13 States, Census Bureau To Resume Hand-Delivering Forms, Hiring Workers

After pausing 2020 census field operations for anti-coronavirus measures, the Census Bureau says it will get workers back into communities with protective equipment and social distancing training.

Civil rights leader Clara Luper poses with a photograph from her scrapbooks at a community center in Oklahoma City, Okla., in August 1983.

How a history teacher and 13 Black students shaped the civil rights movement

One of the first lunch counter sit-ins of the civil rights movement took place in Oklahoma City in 1958. This weekend, the city remembers the protest and its organizer, Clara Luper.

President Trump Signs $1.3 Trillion Spending Bill, But Is 'Unhappy' About It

Congress passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill overnight, that President Trump sharply criticized as he signed it on Friday following a veto threat.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves the Senate floor on Wednesday as the U.S. Senate was poised to pass a massive relief package for Americans and businesses ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic.

What's In It For You? $1,200 Checks, 13 Weeks Of Unemployment Payments And More

Congress has announced agreement on a $2 trillion economic relief package for the effects of COVID-19. Most households will get a relief check, and unemployment insurance has been greatly expanded.

U.S. And China To Hold 13th Round Of Trade Talks In Washington

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to White House trade adviser Peter Navarro about upcoming trade talks with China amid the impeachment probe into the president. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe weighs in on the topic.

Law enforcement officers work at the scene of a deadly crash near Holtville, Calif., on Tuesday. Authorities say a truck crashed into an SUV carrying 25 people on a Southern California highway, killing at least 13 people.

At Least 13 People Dead After Crowded SUV Collides With Truck In California

The police say they believe the SUV was carrying 25 people when it collided with a gravel truck.

Abdul Muhaymin al-Salim (center), a 49-year-old who was formerly incarcerated on drug charges, works at the Tayba Foundation, where he mentors incarcerated Muslims.

There Are 11,073 Muslims In Federal Prisons But Just 13 Chaplains To Minister To Them

Muslims, the third-largest faith group in federal prisons, are significantly underrepresented among the chaplaincy, according to a recent Department of Justice report.

Construction is afoot at Guédelon Castle, in France's northern Burgundy region, where builders and crafts people are using tools and methods from the Middle Ages.

In France, workers build a castle from scratch the 13th century way

Deep in a forest in the Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a castle the medieval way — no motorized machines included.

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