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When schools can't find a licensed special education teacher, they hire people who are willing to do the job, but lack the training. It's a practice that concerns some special education experts.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Mike Dumont, retired vice admiral and former deputy commander of North American Aerospace Command, about recent sightings of unmanned flying objects.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Kathleen Hoke, professor of law at the University of Maryland, about the decision the FDA faces on which e-cigarettes are safe for the public and which should be removed.

The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in with an exhibition of 25 objects featuring prominent people involved in the scandal.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo about assuming her new role as editor-in-chief at JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.

To celebrate National Poetry Month, we're introducing listeners to poets competing to be the next National Youth Poet Laureate. Today: Elizabeth Shvarts, the New York City Laureate.

This "ethno-chaos" group brings sophisticated music and strong anti-Putin messages to their listeners at home and abroad, as "ambassadors of free Ukraine." They're currently on a U.S. tour.

A man with uncontrolled epileptic seizures sought surgery in 2009, but was turned down. Ten years later, advances in neurodiagnostic testing, lasers and microelectronics finally helped him.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Weihua Li, data reporter at the Marshall Project, about the data showing police officers didn't leave the force in droves in response to the Black Lives Matters protests.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered remove the massive memorial to Robert E. Lee more than a year ago. Now that it's down, activists and others are looking forward to what changes may follow.