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The head of the independent Office of Special Counsel claims President Trump illegally fired him, the latest in a string of firings that may violate federal law.

Rescuers temporarily shut down electrical equipment and machines used in search operations due to the rain over the weekend, making recovery operations more difficult.

The 15-year-old boy who pleaded guilty to igniting the Eagle Creek Fire in the Columbia River Gorge last September could be required to pay more than $36 million in restitution to 11 parties as a result of fire damage.

The Kirkus Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the U.S. This year's winners are Ariel Aberg-Riger, Héctor Tobar and James McBride.

In the immortalized-by-meme words of Usher: Watch this.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is in Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterparts. China is America's biggest creditor. Geithner says the global recession appears to be losing steam, but he added that the U.S. and China needed to make changes to help restore the world economy to health.

The Florida Gators are the men's NCAA basketball champions. They won their first national basketball title by beating UCLA 73-57. Steve Inskeep speaks with USA Today columnist Christine Brennan about the game in Indianapolis. Also, she previews the women's final in Boston between Duke and Maryland.

Isfandiyar Pataudi, ex-chief of analysis for Pakistan's intelligence agency and a retired general in Pakistan's army, tells NPR's Steve Inskeep how the U.S. blundered its 20-year war in Afghanistan.

Bernie Sanders is an improbable politician. Independent, occasionally irascible, he came from the far left and an urban background to win elections in one of the most rural states in the country.

Emiliano Monge's prose is brilliant, but that often obscures the moral questions around his protagonists, both human traffickers who transport their cargo while worrying about their relationship.