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Barbed wire fencing is shown behind a gate to a recreation yard used by detainees during a media tour of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, in Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

911 calls reveal at least 6 recent suicide attempts at ICE facility in Tacoma

New 911 call records, obtained by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, describe six suicide attempts at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma so far this year.

Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters

Conservatives on the court expressed varying degrees of skepticism about the charge of obstructing an official proceeding.

Shooting leaves 1 dead and 6 hurt at historically Black university's homecoming fest in Pennsylvania

One person was killed and six more were wounded in a shooting Saturday night at Pennsylvania's Lincoln University.

Not Joe Biden’s DNC: 6 takeaways so far. Plus, new COVID-19 vaccines on the way

Tim Walz stepped into the spotlight last night at the DNC giving the crowd a pep talk. Here are five other takeaways from the convention so far. And, new COVID-19 vaccines are on the way.

Gabriel Sterling, one of Georgia's top election officials, defended the state's voting system against former President Trump's election lies and warned violence could result from the false claims. He's among the witnesses at the House Jan. 6th committee's fourth hearing.

The Jan. 6 committee holds its fourth hearing today. Here's what we know

Tuesday's hearing is expected to focus on former President Trump's pressure on officials to change the results of voting in their states.

Twinkies are sold — J.M. Smucker scoops up Hostess Brands for $5.6 billion

Hostess, the maker of snacks such as Twinkies and HoHos, is being sold to J.M. Smucker in a cash-and-stock deal worth nearly $6 billion. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 11, 2023.)

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