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In a couple of tweets, President Trump announced that he has fired Christopher Krebs, head of the agency in the Department of Homeland Security that oversees election security.

Google, Apple, Facebook and Twitter are among companies in the tech and travel sectors which had a strong and swift reaction to President Donald Trump's executive orders on refugees and immigration.

President Bashar Assad's government has repeatedly blamed religious extremists for the uprising. Now, the most prominent Muslim cleric says it is the religious duty of Syrians to fight in support of the government.

In the past five years, NPR has brought you 80-plus year-end book lists. This year, we've decided to change it up. Introducing NPR's Book Concierge: our guide to more than 200 of 2013's great reads.

The hearings come after years of lobbying by island nations who fear they could simply disappear under rising sea waters,

Also: The Powerball jackpot drawing is tonight; managers are arrested after a Bangladeshi factory fire kills at least 100; former senator Bob Dole is hospitalized for a 'routine procedure'; and there's a winner in the Dancing With The Stars All Star Mirror Ball Competition.

Also: The Supreme Court will examine gay marriage and benefits; President Obama explains his view of the 'fiscal cliff' to workers at a toy factory; one of two Powerball winners could come forward today; and a man who tattooed Mitt Romney's campaign sign on his face decides to get it removed.

At two top-tier high schools in Palo Alto, Calif., the suicide rate is four times higher than the national average over the last 10 years. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Hanna Rosin, who's reported for The Atlantic, on what might be behind the trend and how the schools are responding.

Thousands of medical workers have left the country. Those who remain at public institutions earn very low wages — and often have to moonlight to make ends meet.

"It was carnage, it was chaos. I can't even describe what I saw," says U.S. Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards.