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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department K-9 officers search the Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada after an employee received a suspicious phone call that led about 10 people to evacuate the building on Feb. 27. Jewish institutions across the nation have received more than 120 bomb threats in the past two months

DHS To Help Jewish Community Centers Enhance Security Protocols

Across the nation, Jewish Community Centers have been targeted by threatening calls and vandalism. Now, they may be getting help.

The New Orleans Police Department was one of the first big police departments in the U.S. to embrace the use of body cameras.

New Orleans' Police Use Of Body Cameras Brings Benefits And New Burdens

The technology has improved police conduct and led to a drop in certain types of cases. But the body cams have added many extra hours of work watching videos for police and public defenders.

Then-Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana speaks at a press conference in 2015. Under Indiana law, public officials are allowed to use personal email accounts; the practice can help them avoid using official accounts to conduct political business.

Mike Pence Used AOL Email For State Business As Indiana's Governor

Public records obtained by The Indianapolis Star show that Pence communicated with advisers about security issues using the AOL account, which was hacked last year.

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, left, checks her phone Tuesday after taking a photo as President Trump and leaders of historically black colleges and universities pose for a group photo in the Oval Office.

This Week In Race: Best Picture, Worst Picture, Picturing Trump's America

Kellyanne Conway's breach of Oval Office etiquette ushered a wave of reaction online, while a little independent film reigned on Oscar night and had everyone in their feelings.

Feeding The Hungry One Garden At A Time

Drew Mello talks with Greg Vafiades with Shining Light Garden Foundation.Since 2008, the 20-acre garden has donated 100% of the produce grown to church…

Snap surged Thursday in its first day of trading, with shares jumping more than 40 percent from Wednesday's IPO pricing. Among the day's big winners was a small Silicon Valley high school.

One Big Winner Of Snap's Even Bigger IPO: A School That Raked In Millions

In 2012, Saint Francis High School put up $15,000 in seed money for the founders of a fledgling Snapchat. By the time the company went public Thursday, the school turned it into a $24 million return.

St. Louis Man Accused Of Making Threats Against Jewish Centers, Schools

The threats were allegedly part of the suspect's cyberstalking campaign against a woman with whom he once had a romantic relationship. Juan Thompson once worked as a reporter at The Intercept.

A Reddit subgroup has been busy discussing the benefits of eating oranges in the shower. We asked three NPR journalists to investigate whether the act is as life-changing as some people claim.

Do Showers Make Oranges Taste Better? NPR Investigates

The Internet is full of things, including a Reddit subgroup devoted to the act of eating an orange in the shower. We gave it a shot ourselves.

Rachel Dolezal stepped down from her post as the leader of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the NAACP in 2015 amid criticism that she was passing herself off as black.

Why Rachel Dolezal Can Never Be Black

"Like diamonds, blackness is created under extreme pressure and high temperature, deep down in the recesses of one's core."

Students from Central Saint Martins art school in London work behind Gustav Metzger, after his worldwide call for a Day of Action to Remember Nature in 2015.

Gustav Metzger, Whose Creations Were Works Of Destruction, Dies At 90

The artist, who lost most of his family to the Holocaust when he was young, founded the auto-destructive art movement. He explored how destruction could become an act of creation and dissent.

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