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A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven't been added.

At issue is whether a state, in this case, South Carolina, can remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.

A report from the World Health Organization says 1 in 4 people lack access to safe water to drink. Even more don't have water for sanitation. We asked someone who grew up that way to share childhood memories.

When Syria's new leaders shut 60 Damascus bars, drinkers protested, and the government reversed itself. It's an example of the tussle between secular and Islamist values in the new Syria.

In The Roses, Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch play a vicious couple spiraling toward divorce. A Little Prayer tells a more tender story about a relationship on the rocks.

Canadian actress and entrepreneur Jasmine Mooney was detained by immigration authorities for 12 days after trying to apply for a visa at the U.S.-Mexico border. She spoke to NPR about her experience.

The Department of Transportation says it will be "reclaiming management" of the transportation hub, which it has owned since the 1980s. D.C.'s mayor says that would be an "amazing initiative."

Oscar-winning film Flow has caught the eye of many pets. Here's what a researcher told NPR our furry friends might pay attention to on the screen.

On March 8, Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student, was detained by federal agents. His wife, Noor Abdalla, witnessed the arrest.

A Peruvian farmer is going head to head with German energy giant in a climate law test case.