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The Sankuanz shoes for shoes are meant to protect the first pair of sneakers from dirt and damage.

In True Meta Fashion, These Are Shoes For Your Shoes

These shoes for shoes latch onto your first pair via Velcro straps. The brand's publicist says they are practical, not just fashion for fashion's sake.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Parliament in December. He said he will offer a national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse following a five-year investigation.

Australian Prime Minister To Issue National Apology For Child Sexual Abuse

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he would make a national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse. A recent report heard thousands of stories of abuse spanning decades.

Members of the Pathfinders 5th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, go for a run at Fort Campbell, Ky., in 2013. The Census Bureau says it will count deployed service members as residents of their home bases or ports for the 2020 census.

2020 Census To Count Deployed Troops At Home Bases, Prisoners At Facilities

The Census Bureau says it will change how it counts service members deployed overseas and continue to count prisoners as residents of their correctional facilities for the coming national head count.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is recommending to the White House how much of a secret countermemo by intelligence committee Democrats should become public this week.

What You Need To Know About Memo Mania: Waiting On Democrats' Countermemo

The White House expects an answer Thursday from the Justice Department about how much of a Democratic memo could be declassified. The president will then decide whether it actually becomes public.

Illinois congressional candidate and avowed white supremacist Arthur Jones is unlikely to have any competition on the Republican ballot in November. The state GOP has denounced him and his candidacy but says it had no way to keep him off.

A White Supremacist May Be The Only Republican Running For A Seat in Congress

The Illinois GOP has failed to keep a gadfly candidate, white supremacist Arthur Jones, from being the only Republican congressional candidate on the general election ballot this year.

Cryptocurrencies Are Created All The Time. Meet Dogecoin

Jackson Palmer started cryptocurrency dogecoin as a joke. To his surprise, it took off. That's partly why he is not optimistic about the future of cryptocurrencies.

Four Women Kick Off Campaigns For NC Senate

Four candidates for the North Carolina Senate kick off their campaigns today. They are all Democrats challenging Republican incumbents and they are all...

Senate's Budget Deal Spends Too Much Money, Rep. Davidson Says

Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio about the Senate's federal spending deal that includes more money for the armed forces, disaster victims, infrastructure and more.

A Palestinian schoolgirl protests against a funding gap at the U.N. Relief and Works Agency in Gaza City, in 2015.

'Half A Million Children' Are At Risk If The U.S. Cuts Palestinian Aid: U.N. Agency

NPR spoke to the director of U.N. relief operations in the West Bank about how he makes the case for America's continued assistance in the region.

Arunachalam Muruganantham poses with actor Akshay Kumar, who portrays him in the new film <em>Pad Man.</em> It's a biopic about Muruganantham's quest to invent a machine that could make low-cost sanitary napkins.

The Man Who Inspired A Menstrual Pad Movie

The Bollywood film "Pad Man" is the real-life story of a tinkerer obsessed with manufacturing low-cost sanitary napkins.

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