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The Butner federal prison complex in North Carolina is where a quarter of federal inmate deaths occur. It includes a medical facility but inmates aren't getting needed care, there or at other prisons.

NPR's Eyder Peralta talks with Luis Carlos Ugalde, former chairman of Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, about the country's newly approved electoral reform.

The frigid weather and powerful wind gusts of last week's storm blew spray from Lake Erie onto the lakefront homes of Fort Erie, Ontario. Local officials urged residents to stay off the ice.

Feelings seem raw at the court, certainly for the court's three liberal justices, who were on the losing end of some of the court's biggest cases this term, but also for the conservatives.

The man who inspired the novel and the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina, was released late Friday evening from prison after the Rwandan government commuted his sentence.

The new climate spending package boosts wind and solar power to clean up the country's electricity grid. But these efforts face an ongoing misinformation campaign.

Philippine police killed three detained militants linked to Islamic State after they staged a Manila jail rampage that saw a police officer stabbed and a former opposition senator held hostage.

A proposed Bureau of Prisons rule would put the majority of money sent to an incarcerated person from outside toward restitution or other fines.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with analysts Yun Sun and Ryan Hass about the implications of China's growing diplomatic role worldwide.

Puzzle listener Kristal All plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster, Will Shortz, and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.