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New treatments for migraines could change how physicians treat patients with the debilitating headaches.

Gone With A Shot? Hopeful New Signs Of Relief For Migraine Sufferers

Novel migraine therapies could change how physicians treat these debilitating headaches. But they are likely to be expensive and the long-term side effects will not be known for some time.

Ida Lupino's 100th Birthday

NPR's Scott Simon talks with commentator Murray Horwitz about the life and accomplishments of groundbreaking actress and director Ida Lupino. Lupino would have turned 100 this Sunday.

Annie, a Belgian Malinois from the Institute for Canine Forensics, looks for human cremains in what's left of a home in Santa Rosa.

Forensic Search Dogs Sniff Out Human Ashes In Wildfire Wreckage

Cremated loved ones were in some of the thousands of homes incinerated by wildfires in October. Archaeologists and search dogs are now looking for lost urns and human cremains among the rubble.

Hungarian soldiers enter the transit zone of Tompa border station on April 6, 2017. The migrant transit complex on the Hungarian side of the border has been expanded to become one of two new detention centers for asylum seekers in the Hungarian transit zone and contains shipping containers that are used to automatically detain migrants in the transit zone while their claims are investigated.

Hungary Reduces Number Of Asylum-Seekers It Will Admit To 2 Per Day

Hungary has secretly reduced the number of asylum-seekers it will allow into the country to two per day, one at each transit zone. Hungary is the main access to Europe from the Balkan route.

Bullet holes are seen in a glass door as police forensics officers carry out investigations in the area following the wounding of several foreign nationals in a drive-by shooting in Macerata.

Italian Suspect Accused Of Targeting People Of Color Wounds 6 In Drive-By Shooting

The suspect reportedly ran for local elections last year on an anti-immigrant platform.

The Fed restricted Wells Fargo's growth and called for the replacement of four board members following a widespread scandal that saw millions of fake accounts opened.

Fed Slaps Unusual Penalty On Wells Fargo Following 'Widespread Consumer Abuses'

The Fed announced Friday that the bank is forbidden from growing beyond its current size and pushed for the ouster of four board members after the bank admitted to a fake account scandal.

Democratic Response To The Nunes Memo

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) about the Democratic response to the release of the Nunes memo.

The White House will withdraw its controversial nominee, Kathleen Hartnett White, to lead the Council on Environmental Quality.

White House To Withdraw Controversial Nominee For Top Environmental Post

The White House will pull nominee Kathleen Hartnett White to lead the Council on Environmental Quality. White has drawn criticism for her comments on climate change.

A derailed Amtrak train sits on the track in Cayce, S.C., on Sunday. The Amtrak passenger train slammed into a freight train parked on a side track killing two Amtrak employees and injuring more than 100 people, authorities said.

At Least 2 Killed, More Than 100 Injured After Amtrak Train Derails In South Carolina

An Amtrak passenger train came into contact with a CSX freight train early Sunday morning in Cayce, S.C.

The Theewaterskloof Dam is at just 13 percent capacity and is full of sand and dried tree trunks. About 85 miles north of Cape Town, the dam supplies both city and local farmers.

South African Farmers Lose Crops And Workers Amid Crippling Drought

Agriculture generates hundreds of millions of dollars per year for this nation. But with water being diverted to Cape Town and expected to run out in April, farmers are preparing for the worst.

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