Ammad Omar

Cheryl Corley will be Midwest Bureau Chief, Jason DeRose will be covering religion, Eric Westervelt will be acting Western Bureau Chief until mid-June, when Ravenna Koenig will slide into the seat

Susanna Capelouto starts 2/13.

Acacia Squires is promoted to Senior Editor of NPR States Team

Catherine Laidlaw named new Deputy National Editor

More than 18,000 unaccompanied children were taken into custody at the U.S.-Mexico border in March, the most ever in a single month. Border apprehensions have also hit their highest level in 15 years.

The threats were allegedly part of the suspect's cyberstalking campaign against a woman with whom he once had a romantic relationship. Juan Thompson once worked as a reporter at The Intercept.

The numbers in 2016 were grim when it came to gun violence in the nation's third largest city.

The judge temporarily blocked a law removing the State Board of Elections from the governor's control. The Republican-controlled Legislature's action was called a "power grab" by Democrats.

Rashaan Salaam won the 1994 Heisman Trophy as college football's most outstanding player.

The White House announced Thursday a number of actions in response to what it calls cyber-attacks aimed at the U.S. "All Americans should be alarmed by Russia's actions," President Obama said.

Dylann Roof is facing the death penalty for the 2015 shooting rampage that killed nine black churchgoers. The self-avowed white supremacist also plans to represent himself.