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The Justice Department is suing Texas over floating border barriers installed by the state in the Rio Grande River to block migrants crossing from Mexico. We get an update from Eagle Pass, Texas.

U.S. officials have announced that a drone strike over the weekend killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, a top Al Qaeda leader and key plotter for the 9/11 attacks.

On February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, OH, unleashing fiery plumes of toxic chemicals. A year later, the community continues to recover, but tensions remain.

Duke professor and behavioral scientist Dan Ariely has been accused of using falsified data in research into ways to make people more honest. New info makes the case against him look stronger.

The pianist's 1958 recording At The Pershing: But Not For Me spent 108 weeks on the Billboard album chart.

Birkenstock, which is nearly 250 years old, is now a publicly traded company — valued at about $8 billion. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Oct. 11, 2023.)

David Grann's 2017 book chronicled how members of the Osage Indian Nation were murdered in the 1920s by white people who wanted to take control of their land. Originally broadcast April 17, 2017.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with tech journalist Cory Doctorow about how 2023 was the year when a lot of people pointed out that some important places on the Internet are getting worse.

Ukraine's counteroffensive has resulted in little battlefield gains. Sen. Tuberville drops hold on military promotions. Four of the remaining GOP presidential candidates debate Wednesday night.

Former South Carolina governor and presidential hopeful Nikki Haley was responsible for bringing down the Confederate flag in her state — but failed to identify slavery as the cause of the Civil War.