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Montreal's iconic Olympic Stadium, photographed in 2012, is now providing housing for newly arrived asylum seekers entering Canada from the U.S.

Olympic Stadium In Montreal Turned Into Welcome Center For Refugees From U.S.

Asylum seekers have flooded from the U.S. to Quebec — mostly Haitians, worried about their status under the Trump Administration. Now a famous stadium is equipped with cots to help handle the surge.

Philip Kirby says he felt pressured into taking Vivitrol for his heroin addiction by his drug court treatment program. "Like I couldn't come into the program until I got it," he says.

To Grow Market Share, A Drugmaker Pitches Its Product To Judges

The pharmaceutical company Alkermes is trying to increase the number of people taking Vivitrol for their opioid addiction by marketing the drug to judges, who have the power to influence treatment.

President Trump signs the Veterans Choice Program Extension and Improvement Act at the White House in April. When they sign legislation, presidents can issue a "signing statement" to share their legal interpretation of the new law. Trump did so with the Russia sanctions law.

Like Presidents Past, Trump Adds A Signing Statement To A Bill He Doesn't Like

President Trump released a scathing signing statement about the Russia sanctions bill he signed into law on Wednesday. Legal and political experts weren't surprised.

Texas House Speaker Joe Straus at the state Capitol in April 2017. Straus opposes efforts by other powerful Republicans to pass a 'bathroom bill' that would affect transgender people.

Texas Republican Bucks His Party To Block 'Bathroom Bill'

In Texas, every statewide elected official is Republican and the GOP controls the legislature. But efforts to restrict bathroom access for transgender people show a party that's far from united.

Inside the National Teachers Hall of Fame there are decades-old typewriters, ditto machines, toys, textbooks and curriculum guides.

There's a National Teachers Hall of Fame? Who Knew?

A one-of-a-kind museum that honors some of the nation's most accomplished teachers has given Emporia Kansas the title of "Teacher Town USA."

Congress is usually on recess in August, though the Senate has stuck around a little longer — initially with the hope of passing health care legislation.

It's August, Do You Know Where Your Lawmakers Are?

One big reason the Congress has not kept up with the regular schedule for budget and appropriations is the enormous investment of session time to health care — the issue that ate the calendar.

President Trump speaks on the phone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull from the Oval Office in January. Details have emerged about the heated conversation.

Transcripts: Trump Told Mexican President Border Wall Is 'Least Important Thing'

Previous leaks had revealed the newly sworn-in president's argumentative calls with foreign leaders. Now, transcripts provide more details about how those phone calls went.

The goals of the planetary protection officer are to protect the Earth and to protect other planets from being contaminated by substances from Earth during exploration.

Do You Have What It Takes To Be NASA's Next Planetary Protection Officer?

The job posting has elicited headlines about how the space agency is seeking a person to defend Earth from aliens. But it's really more about microorganisms than little green men.

In this 1945 image, test subjects enter a gas chamber for a U.S. military experiment that will expose them to mustard gas.

For Veterans Mustard-Gassed In Secret Tests, Help Now Sits On President's Desk

More than two years after NPR revealed the U.S. government broke promises to World War II veterans whom it exposed to mustard gas, Congress has passed a bill to help them finally get compensation.

NAACP Warns Black Travelers To Use 'Extreme Caution' When Visiting Missouri

For the first time, the national civil rights organization has issued a travel warning for a state. The NAACP cites "racist incidents" and legislation it says "legalizes individual discrimination."

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