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A mother and daughter await volunteer assistance while stuck in a makeshift camp at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Immigration policy is uncertain now that Title 42 has been lifted

The end of Title 42 has raised questions on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border about what will transpire in the months to come — both procedurally and politically.

Migrants try to stay warm as they wait in the rain after turning themselves over to U.S. Border Patrol agents after crossing over from Mexico in Fronton, Texas on May 12.

Immigration judge says trial workloads and resource constraints are 'a problem'

NPR's A Martinez asks Mimi Tsankov, president of the National Association of immigration judges, about the end of Title 42.

People pass the front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, on March 22. Brinkmanship in Washington over raising the U.S. debt ceiling has begun to raise worries in parts of the financial markets.

What you need to know about the debt ceiling as the deadline looms

What is the debt ceiling? What could happen if it's not raised? Here are answers to questions you may be asking about the debt limit and the fight over it.

The Steuben County public health department collects overdose data from first responders, to better address the overdose crisis.

Overdoses in Steuben County rose sharply in April

Forty people overdosed in April, a nearly 40% increase from March, according to overdose data the county health department collects.

They're hip-hop artists who weave public-health messages into their rhymes: From left: Sister Fa, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and Ali A.K.A. Mind perform at the Skoll World Forum 2023. During this rap, McDaniels called out: "I'm not afraid of the dark anymore/because I am the light./I'll be there at the start of the war/Because I am the fight."

The story behind a lesser known track from hip-hop history: 'Stroke Ain't No Joke'

For decades, the genre has had a stealth mission: promoting public health. It started with Doug E. Fresh's "Stroke Ain't No Joke."

Charles Williams and shooting survivor Tasha Johnson, SEIU 1199, listen on Sunday as the bell sounds to remember the victims of last year's massacre at the Tops market in Buffalo.

Marking a year since the white supremacist mass shooting at a Buffalo Tops market

Survivors, community leaders and other officials gathered outside a Tops in East Buffalo on Sunday to mark one year since the racist killings at that supermarket.

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame of Ghana is the new chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities — the first African woman in that post. Asked to define disability, she says: "It is not the presence of the impairment, but it is the social and attitudinal barriers that are hindering our performance."

She's a U.N. disability advocate who won't see her own blindness as a disability

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame could not imagine "what the future had in store" when she began to lose her vision at age 10. "Is this the end for you?" some asked. She faced sorrow but ultimately triumphed.

This file photo shows a sign for a Sonic Drive-In.

A 12-year-old is charged with murder in the shooting of a Sonic restaurant employee

The juvenile suspect allegedly fled the scene with Angel Gomez, 20, who had gotten into a physical altercation with the employee before the shooting occurred, police said.

President Biden arrives at an event at the White House on May 11, 2023. This week he will travel to Hiroshima, Japan for the G-7 summit.

Biden is going to Hiroshima at a moment when nuclear tensions are on the rise

President Biden will be the second sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, the site of the first atomic attack. He is going there for a meeting with G-7 leaders.

A man is accused of stealing a military truck the same day he was released from jail

Michael Stevens II, 38, was released from jail Friday and is now accused of stealing and driving a military vehicle through Maryland before being arrested in Maryland.

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