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The Nashville shooter who killed six people in a school this week was able to purchase seven weapons legally, including assault rifles. It's all legally possible under Tennessee gun laws.

Workers at an Ohio arboretum are collecting thousands of seeds to help restore forests and fight climate change.

Former President Trump had criticized Rep. Liz Cheney's support of U.S.-led conflicts in the Middle East, saying, "Let's see how she feels about it, you know, when the guns are trained on her face."

How you feel about immigration can put you at odds with your friends, family or neighbors. In McAllen, Texas, two families with different points of view don't let politics come between them.

Two top ministers and a slew of more junior officials resigned this week, saying they could no longer serve under Johnson's scandal-tarred leadership. He narrowly got by a no-confidence vote in June.

Delegates to a United Nations wildlife conference have agreed to ease a 13-year-old global ban on ivory trading. The decision is a victory for southern African nations, but conservationists see it as a defeat for elephants. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

The government is calling on a New York federal judge to dismiss lawsuits alleging the group was formed illegally. But animal rights advocates want a ruling.

The endangered Florida panther has bred only south of the Caloosahatchee River since 1973. Now, a female has turned up on the north side, and it could be a good thing for the future of the species.

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Avik Roy about his recent op-ed in Forbes, which describes why the kind of nationalism promoted by Donald Trump is at odds with American conservatism.

Most of the largest civil settlements for police killings were in liberal areas in the year after the Ferguson unrest. Now, lawyers say current protests are hardening political divisions on policing.

In his return to Washington, Trump rambles about violent crime and the election he lost while his former vice president tries to present a competing vision of the future of the Republican Party.

Edgar runs WGBH's Curiosity Desk, where he aims to dig a little deeper (and sometimes askew) into topics in the news and looks for answers to questions posed by the world around us. His radio features can be heard onWGBH'sMorning Edition and All Things Considered, and he can also be heard regularly with Jim andMargery on Boston Public Radio. His television features can be seen regularly on Greater Boston. Each Friday, he takes 89.7 listeners back in time with his feature, "This Week in Massachusetts History."

The Galapagos Islands are home to some of the world's rarest flora and fauna. But the wildlife that inspired naturalist Charles Darwin's theory of evolution are threatened by humans and invasive species.

The number of tigers in the wild has gone up dramatically since 2015 — largely because of improvements in monitoring them, but the species remains endangered.

The results of the British special elections, if replicated at a likely general election next year, would certainly see Labour emerge as the biggest single party.

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland makes his first rounds on the Hill Thursday to meet with senators in person. But the only appointments on the schedule are with two Democrats. He has no meetings with Republicans yet.

Two of America's biggest hydroelectric generators, Hoover and Glenn Canyon dams, are in danger of reducing output due to historically low water levels.

The president was heavily criticized when he said counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Va., were to blame right along with white supremacists. Now he says more people are seeing it his way.

Italian actress Asia Argento was one of the first to go public with accusations against Harvey Weinstein. But in Italy, "the culture of support for women is nonexistent," says an Italian screenwriter.

President Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the phone Sunday, in their first talk since the inauguration. Trump has signaled a dramatic shift in policy toward Israel.