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A police officer walks through a gate at the Tompa border station transit zone in April 2017. Hungary has two "transit zones" with shipping containers that are used to automatically detain migrants while their asylum claims are investigated. This month, Hungary began denying food to asylum-seekers whose claims were rejected and appealed, human rights groups say.

Hungary Intentionally Denying Food To Asylum-Seekers, Watchdog Groups Say

Would-be refugees who have appealed their asylum claims in Hungary have been systematically deprived of food, observers say. The European Court of Human Rights has intervened on a case by case basis.

Uber has come under fire for its workplace culture in the past several years.

Details Of Uber Harassment Settlement Released

Dozens of women and minorities who said they were harassed while working as engineers at Uber filed a class-action lawsuit. Hundreds of people also sued for discrimination claims.

"We would not be able to foster without Medicaid," says Sherri Croom of Tallahassee, Fla. Croom and her husband, Thomas, have fostered 27 children in the past decade. They're pictured here with four adopted children, two 18-year-old former foster daughters and those daughters' sons.

Foster Parents Often Struggle To Find Doctors To Treat The Kids In Their Care

Foster children can have extraordinary health needs. Some states are testing a coordinated approach to care to keep these kids from slipping through the cracks.

Clay Sheriff's Deputy Dies From Motorcycle Crash Injuries

A 12-year veteran Clay County sheriff’s deputy died late Tuesday from injuries he suffered Sunday in a traffic crash while on duty in Orange Park.Our…

French hooded police officers guard the area with other police officers after a knife attack Thursday west of Paris.

2 Killed In Knife Attack Outside Paris

The French interior minister said the attacker had psychiatric problems and authorities are not treating the incident as terrorism, despite a claim of responsibility by the Islamic State.

Justin Filipowski (left) and Peter Curtis, dressed in 18th-century post-Colonial costume, harvest hemp at Mount Vernon, George Washington's historic plantation. It is the first hemp crop harvest on this Founding Father's estate in decades, maybe centuries.

After Centuries, Hemp Makes A Comeback At George Washington's Home

George Washington grew cannabis. Not the kind you toke, but the kind to make rope. Industrial hemp was returned to Mount Vernon this year to help cultivate a new image for the crop.

Trump Didn't Misuse Funds, Former Special Assistant Lotter Says

David Greene talks to Marc Lotter, adviser to Trump's 2020 campaign, about the GOP's muted response to the guilty plea of Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen. NPR's Domenico Montanaro weighs in.

San Diego high school students await a bus ride to Blythe, Calif., to go pick cantaloupes in the summer of 1965. They were recruited as part of the A-TEAM, a government program to replace migrant farm workers with high school students.

When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers

In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.

Poll: Support For Gillum Swells; Lawson Has Double-Digit Lead Over Brown In CD5

A University of North Florida poll released Thursday of likely Democratic primary voters shows incumbent District 5 Congressman Al Lawson with a…

Single-use plastic bags like these are going to be phased out by Kroger supermarkets.

Attention, Shoppers: Kroger Says It Is Phasing Out Plastic Bags

The Kroger Co. includes major chains such as Ralphs, Harris Teeter, Food4Less and Pick 'n Save. Its goal is to eliminate all single-use plastic bags by 2025.

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