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A fisherman collects water on a beach littered with trash at an ecological reserve south of Manila in 2013.

8 Million Tons Of Plastic Clutter Our Seas

A scientist estimating the weight of candy wrappers, bags, bottles, syringes and other plastic trash in the world's water sees a synthetic tsunami. Should China and India create more landfills?

It's Up To Putin To Make Ukraine Ceasefire Stick

Leaders from Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany worked through the night to hammer out a ceasefire. Robert Siegel talks to Anne Applebaum, foreign affairs columnist for the Washington Post and Slate

Kentucky Senate Passes Ford Resolution

The Kentucky Senate has adopted a resolution honoring former Kentucky Governor and U.S. Senator Wendell Ford. The man known as 'Mr. Democrat' died last…

Customers pick up their orders from a Shake Shack in New York City. It's one of the restaurants whose labor practices are detailed in the ROC United Diners' Guide app.

Like Yelp For Labor Rights: This App Rates How Restaurants Treat Workers

Want to know if your favorite restaurant pays its servers a living wage? An app encourages diners to ask before they dig in.

FBI Director James Comey tackled the topic of race and law enforcement at Georgetown University in Washington on Thursday.

FBI Director Faces 'Hard Truths' Of Policing Minority Communities

James Comey says both systematic and societal factors play a part in disconnect between law enforcement and communities of color.

Tiger Woods Steps Away From Golf Amid Terrible Season

Woods is currently ranked 62nd in the world, which is his lowest since joining the PGA tour nearly 20 years ago. Robert Siegel talks to Ron Sirak, a senior writer for Golf Digest.

Over 100 People Participate in a Fayette School Redistricting Listening Session

More than a hundred people, most of them parents of Lexington students, gathered at Bryan Station High School Thursday night. Concerned residents got the…

The temple of Sharfadin in Northern Iraq is 800 years old, and followers of the Yazidi religion consider it one of the most sacred sites in the world. Though ISIS tried to destroy it, a small group of Yazidi fighters kept the shrine standing.

Outmanned And Outgunned, Fighters Defend Yazidi Shrine Against ISIS

Led by a celebrated Yazidi fighter, a small band of Kurdish peshmerga survived a months-long ISIS onslaught. Unlike others in Syria and Iraq, this sacred place still stands, nearly unscathed.

Can A Computer Change The Essence Of Who You Are?

The latest episode of NPR's Invisibilia takes us online. Some people think interacting with these machines is changing us all — for better and worse.

Flowers sit outside the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry in recognition of dentistry student Deah Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, on Wednesday in Chapel Hill. Deah and Yusor grew up together, and both attended Al-Iman School, an Islamic elementary and middle school in nearby Raleigh.

Chapel Hill Shooting Victims Were 'Radiant,' Teacher Says

One of the young students killed in Tuesday's shooting in Chapel Hill, N.C., Yusor Abu-Salha, spoke to StoryCorps last year with her former third-grade teacher.

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