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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mary Lou McDonald, the new leader of Sinn Fein, the Irish political party. McDonald is the party's first new leader in 34 years.

The Florida House has voted on a package of gun legislation changes already approved by the state Senate. The measure follows pressure from students and their families after the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Feb. 14.

About 830,000 were left without power when a storm hit the northeastern U.S. last week. Some people are just getting it back.

"Not only does unethical behavior spread, but it mutates into other forms of unethical behavior," says ethics consultant Susan Liautaud.

The measure, which is poised to become law once signed by the governor, allows for exceptions only in a "medical emergency and in cases of severe fetal abnormality."

Agnes Igoye has a lot of gripes about the way women are treated in Uganda. But she has great hope that women will thrive — and that men will get with the program.

When an American rubber band company found itself losing out to foreign competition, it went in search of protection from the U.S. government. Its experience serves as a study in how a tariff comes to be.

Four days after a former Russian spy was poisoned by a nerve agent in the U.K., British authorities have yet to publicly accuse anyone of the attack. Yet speculation swirls about Russian involvement, and, as Luke Harding of The Guardian says, the poisoning looks very similar to previous Russian assassination attempts.

In a hotly contested move, President Trump formally ordered tariffs on steel and aluminum imports Thursday. Before the signing, several workers from the industry spoke, including Scott Sauritch, a steelworker union leader in West Mifflin, Pa.

An email sent to the campaign of former Gov. Phil Bredesen seemed to indicate "unauthorized access to campaign-related information," according to a letter sent to the FBI.