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China is the world's top coal consumer but slow economic growth and pollution concerns are lessening demand. Chinese energy officials say more than 1,000 coal mines will be closed this year.

The Colorado River is arguably the most allocated river in the world. Drought and climate change have left less water to go around, and that has every state that relies on the river scrambling.

No alarm. No school bus. No problem. Thanks to a school's laptop program, everyone takes a virtual lesson.

Tens of thousands of people are attending the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained how Facebook is helping mobile operators build the Internet where it doesn't exist.

There's no excuse for not reporting all findings within two years of finishing a clinical study, says Yale University's Dr. Harlan Krumholz. He calls on his colleagues to do a better job.

Counselors in the field of substance abuse rehabilitation earn roughly $40,000 a year, surveys show, and the work can be emotionally draining. Employee turnover is high, and likely to get worse.

CIA Director John Brennan sits down with NPR for a wide-ranging interview at the agency's headquarters in Langley, Va. He discusses subjects ranging from Syria to cybersecurity to the state of ISIS.

The spy agency can glean all sorts of information. But it's a double-edged sword because CIA employees may have left a detailed digital trail before they joined the agency.

Andrea Towson, who has used heroin off and on for 30 years, is eager to get treatment. "I just want to wake up and eat breakfast and be normal, no matter what that might be," she says.

The goal is to reduce the city's death toll from heroin. But it would be breaking various laws unless Ithaca gets a pass from the governor and federal authorities.