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Seven-year-old Jakelin Caal died in U.S. custody in December. Linguist Geoff Nunberg says her death might have been prevented had border agents spoken the Mayan language Q'eqchi'.

In an astonishing discovery, astronomers used gravitational waves to locate two neutron stars smashing together. The collision created 200 Earth masses of pure gold, along with other elements.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who was Hillary Clinton's campaign co-chair in 2008, about how Democratic candidates who lagged in Iowa can spark their campaigns.

A hospital in China says a doctor who was reprimanded by authorities for sounding an early warning about the coronavirus has died from the illness. Dr. Li Wenliang was a 34-year-old opthalmologist.

A comedian offers his "Mobituary" for the Iowa caucuses, which, after this week, may have hammered the nails in their own coffins.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Heidi Schlumpf of the National Catholic Reporter about how one political group is using "geofencing" of cellphone data to target Catholic voters at Sunday Mass.

Attending church on Sundays as a kid, Christopher John Rogers learned the power of monochrome. Lizzo, Michelle Obama and Rihanna have all worn outfits made by the 26-year-old designer.

Chinese filmmakers began making movies about the lives of the Chinese in America since World War I. And there's a direct line from them to some of Sunday's critically acclaimed Chinese American films.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with attorney Alec Karakatsanis about his book, Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel had been hoping for a smooth transfer of power when she steps down next year. But now her chosen successor says she doesn't want the country's top job.