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Back in the seventeenth century, explorers told of seas teeming with giant marine creatures. A group of researchers concluded that these were an accurate account of life in the oceans at the time. As John Nielsen reports, these fabulous aquatic ecosystems collapsed as humans started to hunt these creatures.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports Brazilian soccer may be caught up in a game of kickbacks and money laundering. Allegedly players are being bought and sold with money deposited into as many as thirty different bank accounts. The Brazilian congress is holding hearings to settle the allegations of corruption.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports on Mexico's booming underground economy, which now accounts for up to half of all sales in certain sectors. The government and industry leaders want Mexico's street vendors to begin paying taxes. Not surprisingly, the vendors are resisting.

NASA investigators are continuing to comb through telemetry data and internal records, examine debris and evaluate other sources of information includic home videos and eyewitess accounts. Meanwhile the remains of the astronauts arrive at Dover Air Force Base. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

NPR's Lynn Neary talks with Wendell Primus, Director of Income Security at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, about the president's proposal for $3,000 un-employment accounts.

Personal accounts and reflections of individuals affected by the Iraq war. This diary entry is from Rachel O'Rourke and Kathy Erdolf, both war demonstrators, in Portland, Ore.

As state officials continue seeking ways to counter aggressive immigration enforcement activity under President Donald Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz,” state Rep. Margaret Croke has drawn ire online for an email sharing details about ICE vehicles.

An outside legal review of NPR's handling of allegations against former top news executive Michael Oreskes found that questions were raised about his behavior even before he was hired.

Jeanine Pirro, Tucker Carlson and others are being grilled under oath in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News for spreading lies about a voting tech company's role in the 2020 elections.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has another appointment on Capitol Hill Tuesday and questions are piling up about contacts between Russians and Trump campaign aides.