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U.N. Compiles List Of Companies That Profit From Israeli Settlements

The human rights office at the U.N. says it has list of about 200 global companies that do business in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The U.S. and Israel don't want the list published.

AP Reporter Details Massacre, Mass Graves Of Myanmar Rohingya

Rachel Martin talks to Foster Klug, a reporter with The Associated Press, about the interviews he did with more than two dozen Rohingya Muslim refugees in neighboring Bangladesh.

Leah Sarris (center) is the head chef and program director at the Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine at Tulane University. She teaches healthy cooking techniques and educates people about the significant role that food plays in preventing and managing diseases.

Can Cooking Classes Keep Chronic Heart Failure Patients Out Of The Hospital?

At Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans, researchers are teaching heart disease sufferers what makes a healthy meal — and how to cook one. The program will monitor how this affects readmission rates.

Then-Gov. Mike Pence announced in 2015 that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had approved Indiana's waiver to experiment with Medicaid requirements.

Indiana's Brand Of Medicaid Drops 25,000 People For Failure To Pay Premiums

The state built some key conservative policies into its experimental expansion of Medicaid. Lawmakers, health officials and patient advocates across the U.S. are now keenly watching the results.

Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, speaking at an event in October, said she had an extramarital affair with the ex-head of her security detail.

Nashville Mayor Admits Extramarital Affair With Former Security Head

"I know that God will forgive me, but that Nashville doesn't have to," Mayor Megan Barry said. "I hope that I can earn your trust back and that you will forgive me."

Former CIA Director Weighs In On Potential Release Of GOP Memo

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with John McLaughlin, former Deputy Director, and former Acting Director of the CIA about implications of the release of the GOP authored memo alleging the FBI used its surveillance authority improperly.

With Marijuana Legal In Calif., San Francisco Is Dismissing 1,000s Of Convictions

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced Wednesday that his office will dismiss thousands of marijuana-related convictions dating back to 1975, now that pot is legal in the state.

Investigation in Myanmar Reveals Disturbing Massacre, At Least 5 Mass Graves

An investigation by The Associated Press details a massacre and at least five mass graves in Myanmar's Rakhine State. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled from there to Bangladesh since last August.

Trunk Bay on St. John. The U.S. Virgin Islands were hit hard by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Tourism — a large part of the economy — declined as a result, but people are starting to return.

Visitors Slowly Returning To Virgin Islands After Hurricanes' Destruction

With tourism way down after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the Virgin Islands have lost their main economic engine at a time when it's most needed. But recovery is gradually happening.

The Justice Department and the FBI — and the rest of Washington's national security community — are bracing for what could be a major change in their relationship with Congress.

Washington Awaits Nunes Memo That Has Pushed It Into Terra Incognita

Republicans leaned forward. Democrats cried foul. And national security leaders warned that the capital might be about to cross a point of no return over a memo authored by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif.

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