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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Northwestern Law professor Deborah Tuerkheimer on why sexual assault accusers are often asked to prove they physically or verbally resisted to be deemed credible.

The killing of a Black man who was put in a chokehold by a white man on a New York City subway train has sparked outrage. There have been no arrests.

Investigators are trying to understand why an Azerbaijan Airlines jet heading to Russia crashed on Christmas, killing 38 people. The plane experienced an explosion before it went down in Kazakhstan.

Cleanup efforts continue after last week's fatal collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. A key part of the wreckage removal is a decades-old, massive crane.

A federal court in Texas hears arguments Thursday in a long-running case about the future of DACA. The program provides temporary legal protection to some immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

As the war in Ukraine intensifies, NATO is stepping up training to increase readiness among its members, including maneuvers this month on NATO's eastern flank in Romania.

Ukraine's top judge has been arrested after allegedly receiving nearly $3 million in bribes for favorable rulings, the latest crackdown on endemic graft as Ukraine seeks to join the European Union.

Some communities are resisting efforts by New York City Mayor Eric Adams to bus migrants to their towns. While wanting to be empathetic, they say they don't have the money to support the new arrivals.

A Republican Senator in Indiana has come out strongly against redistricting. Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) released a statement Wednesday saying she could not get behind the push for new congressional maps.

A deep, wide gash has slashed across the Great Rift Valley floor in a geologically hot part of Kenya. Some wonder if East Africa will eventually separate from the continent.