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How could someone so prominent commit crimes on a staggering scale and still host parties to which celebrities would flock? Jeffrey Epstein may have believed fame can conceal almost anything.

With threatened arrests of people in the U.S. illegally set to begin Sunday, activists are protesting and lawyers are trying to get access to those immigrants who are detained.

Officials called for a mandatory evacuation of Lafourche Parish in south Louisiana as Barry gets closer to landing. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Lafourche Parish President Jimmy Cantrelle.

Tennessee lawmakers passed a law to ban officiants ordained online from performing legal marriages in the state. But this month a judge said they can continue temporarily.

The storm system has prompted tornado and flash flood warnings, and officials are keeping a close watch on New Orleans' levee system and infrastructure, which failed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

New Orleans is braced for the arrival of Barry, which may be near hurricane strength by the time it comes ashore Saturday.

Astronaut Walter Schirra's decision to bring a Swedish-made Hasselblad on his Mercury spaceflight set the course for NASA's choice of the camera for the Apollo lunar program.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with David Hanagriff, president of St. Mary Parish, in the storm's path.

The water in the Gulf of Mexico is hot and the Mississippi River is high. That could spell disaster for Louisiana.

In response to the March shootings that left 51 people dead, the nation's gun buyback program asks owners of now-banned weapons to turn them in to police departments for cash.