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The document provides a window into the decision-making process for authorizing drone strikes and other forms of lethal force.

Local governments are allowing schools to experiment with new teaching methods. Educators hope to develop self-motivated, critical thinkers.

State law lets any member of the bar be appointed as a public defender. Gov. Jay Nixon was assigned a client, but Nixon's spokesman says you can't appoint an attorney without the attorney's consent.

Two high school seniors made headlines when they decided to go public with their immigration status. Here's what they're thinking about as they prepare to start college this fall.

Hurricane Earl had been downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it hit southern Mexico, but heavy rains prompted mudslides that killed at least 39 people.

The suicide bombing left over 60 people dead and dozens wounded. A lawyer had been gunned down, and his colleagues had gathered at the hospital to remember him, says Fahd Husain of Express News.

Hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled after a power outage in Atlanta that affected the whole computer system. The airline hasn't said what caused the outage.

Scientist Peter Hotez has spent nearly 40 years trying to treat and eliminate the diseases that worms can cause. And he won't let the "ick" factor stop him.

After the Olympic flame was lit in Maracana, it was moved to a historic district in the heart of Rio. It burns there now, and it's attracting thousands of people.

"There's something about waves that can get you into kind of a mental funk," one philosopher says. For NPR's summer science series, Joe Palca tries to answer the big question: What is a wave?