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Fair warning: There are questions we just can't answer at this point. But there are also plenty we can. Here's an attempt to explain the charges against the Empire actor — and the move to drop them.

President Trump's pick for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board is drawing mounting criticism from economists of all stripes. Moore says he has the right experience, but critics fault his track record.

A federal judge has struck down a Medicaid work requirement in Arkansas and Kentucky. This is a major blow to the Trump administration's vision for the health insurance program for low-income people.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Cook County, Ill., State's Attorney Kim Foxx about why prosecutors decided to drop all charges against actor Jussie Smollett, who was indicted on 16 felony counts.

Forty years ago, the U.S. nuclear industry suffered its worst nuclear accident. Today, the remaining reactor at Three Mile Island is slated to close because of cheaper competition from natural gas.

Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida's Panhandle was hit by Hurricane Michael in October. Then Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska was inundated by flooding this month.

Government officials in Kenya reportedly are again threatening to close Dadaab, which is one of the world's largest refugee camps. Should the camp close, the fate of the refugees is unclear.

David Greene talks to Larry Levitt, senior vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation, about the ruling that blocks work requirements to get Medicaid in Kentucky and Arkansas.

Evangelical Christian book retailer LifeWay is closing its stores by the end of the year. Some lament the stores' end, while others say LifeWay sells too narrow an understanding of Christianity.

Writer and gallery owner Jean Frémon inhabits artist Louise Bourgeois as if she herself were writing this novel-cum-memoir, opening up our understanding of both the artist and her art.