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The trapped people were found after a worker heard someone crying for help. Two experts — one a former Homeland Security Investigations agent — tell NPR how it happened.

With roughly half of U.S. states likely to ban abortion, volunteers in California are mobilizing to help women travel there for care. State lawmakers want to support some of those efforts too.

NPR's Miles Parks speaks with singer Hollie Cook about her new album, Happy Hour.

VA employees in one Southeast district say a toxic culture of retaliation has undermined veterans' care and worker morale. There is growing skepticism among whistleblowers the VA can police itself.

In an interview, Tom Burt, Microsoft's head of customer security and trust, discusses the company's insights about the cyberwar between Russia and Ukraine.

Negotiations have narrowed proposals to address school safety, standards for safe gun storage, federal support for mental health programs and incentives for states to create red flag laws.

Two national organizations have gained a reputation for taking the lead on model legislation to restrict and block abortions. Now, states are needing to grapple with the laws they passed.

Montana is an island of legal abortion, but three of the state's five clinics now restrict abortion pills from people in states with trigger bans to shield themselves and patients from legal attacks.

NPR's Miles Parks speaks with the former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul about the likelihood of a diplomatic solution in the case of American basketball star Brittney Griner.

President Biden's popularity has crumbled since he first took office. A trip to Michigan's 7th Congressional District — one of the most competitive in the country — is a window into why.

More and more, companies such as Microsoft, Boeing and IBM are throwing out traditional job interview questions in favor of queries like "If you had to remove one state, which would it be?" NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports that the goal is to find out how a potential employee really thinks. See sample questions.

New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell and Scott Simon compare the remake of The Pink Panther, starring Steve Martin and an all-star cast, with the 1963 version, which featured the redoubtable Peter Sellers.

Twenty-five years after the first report of AIDS, the long quest for a vaccine against HIV has largely been disappointing. Despite some advances, researchers say the vaccines now being tested are not likely to fully protect people against getting infected.

Music journalist Ashley Kahn talks with guitarist and songwriter Al Anderson about his new album, After Hours. Anderson has been in the music business for four decades. He has written a string of country hits for Nashville's biggest stars. Despite his success as a songwriter, Anderson says the urge to perform again has proved too strong to resist.

The long-dormant, era-defining rapper makes one thing clear from the start of Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers: He's not the hero you're looking for.

A new book argues that greater public support for parents is critical for the brain development of America's kids.

Los Angeles writer Kevin Arnovitz speaks with an entertainment industry couple that has turned to online poker as a way to pay their bills.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist David Kaplan about the Supreme Court draft opinion that suggests the justices will overturn Roe v. Wade — and factors that led the court to this moment.

A new book collects the stories of ordinary Americans who were involved in -- and transformed by -- the country's civil rights movements. NPR's Juan Williams, who compiled the oral histories, discusses them with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Baristas at Starbucks as well as independently owned coffeehouses have driven a surge in union organizing. They see their activism as benefiting not just themselves, but working people broadly.