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NPR explores the unexpected consequences of a Ford device called "911 Assist," which is a system that can call for help in the event of an accident. The device ratted out a Florida driver who committed a hit-and-run accident by calling the police.

Pete Rose will not be eligible for the Hall of Fame, at least for now. Major League Baseball announced Monday it was denying his plea for reinstatement. Rose received a lifetime ban from baseball in 1989 for betting on the game.

With Vice President Biden at his side, Gov. Cuomo announced a plan to raise his state's minimum wage to $15 an hour. New York could become the first state to raise the minimum wage for everyone.

A woman will likely be on the $10 bill by 2020, but which one? The U.S. Treasury held a forum in Seneca Falls, N.Y., Monday to get the public's input.

Under the guise of anti-terror investigations, Somali Muslims are disappearing in Kenya.

If you look up between 9 and 10 p.m. ET on Sunday, you're likely to see an extra-large, crimson full moon — as it undergoes a lunar eclipse. Astronomer Jackie Faherty of the Carnegie Institution breaks down the celestial situation that's causing it.

An Iraqi family returns home and tells the story of risking a trip to Greece on a boat that sank, drowning two of their children. But images of people making the trip safely encourage others to try.

Monday night's caucuses draw big crowds as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders face off for the Democratic nomination and Donald Trump tries to hold off his Republican challengers.

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Suzanne Maloney, senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, about the evolving U.S.-Iran relationship.

Some land routes are blocked and boats are scarce. As a result, many refugees who just arrived in the African nation of Djibouti are from Yemen's small professional class.