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Meet the 23-year-old Pekin resident behind the 'Illinois Storm Community' Facebook group

Carlos Wyant has been weather-obsessed since the first grade. He founded Illinois Storm Community in 2018.

The National Security Agency says its massive new data center near Salt Lake City will enhance the agency's ability to analyze the email, text message, cellphone and landline metadata it collects.

Booting Up: New NSA Data Farm Takes Root In Utah

Even as it continues to grapple with concerns about its data-gathering operations, the National Security Agency is poised to open a massive facility where cellphone, text message, email and landline data can be stored and analyzed.

Vandalized menorah rededicated at University of Illinois

A large menorah knocked over earlier this year outside a University of Illinois Jewish center has been repaired and rededicated.The center candle of the…

Makers say laser grips for guns help improve a shooter's aim: The red line of the laser is very close to the flight line of the bullet.

On Display: Government Security for the Future

Bomb-investigating robots. Segway scooters for police. Gun-mounted laser sights -- and glitzier badges. Those are some of the items on display at the Government Security Expo and Conference -- or GOVSEC 2006, for the acronym-reliant -- being held at the Washington Convention Center.

One of many medical vans heads to the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in south Florida to evacuate patients last week after a power outage.

When Irma Arrived, Most Florida Health Care Facilities Were Ready

Eight deaths at a Florida nursing home got a lot of media attention. But a tour of other health care centers in the Miami area found mostly good care after Hurricane Irma struck.

Job Corps Celebrates 50 Years Helping Low-Income Youths

The federal program has centers across the country that provide education and vocational training. Kelly McEvers talks to Labor Secretary Thomas Perez about how Job Corps serves disadvantaged youths.

Kennedy Center fellow Reem Kassem recently used her Kennedy connections to help organize an outdoor arts festival in Alexandria, Egypt.

World Art Managers Find New Funding Models In D.C.

Cultural diplomacy usually comes in the form of a traveling art show or celebrity visit, but this summer the Kennedy Center is engaging in a deeper kind of diplomacy; a fellowship program that provides training for arts managers from around the world.

After Brief Lockdown At U.S. Capitol, Here's What We Know

NPR's congressional correspondent Ailsa Chang explains what happened Monday at the Capitol complex, where a man with a weapon entered the Visitor Center and was shot by Capitol police.

Gail Dougherty, 61, was a project manager at Intel until she retired in 2016. Now she is working part time at a health center, part of a fellowship paid by Intel as a regular retirement benefit.

At Intel, A Retirement Perk That Can Kick Off A New Career As A Paid Fellow

The tech company pays retirement-age employees a stipend to transition to jobs with mission-driven nonprofits. And for some, the fellowship can turn into a second act.

In this June 17, 2018 file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody on charges of illegal entry sit in cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas.

Detained Fathers Turn To Hunger Strike

Immigrant families held at the Karnes County Residential Center in Texas are striking to protest their imprisonment.

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