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In this photo provided by Laura Nirider, Brian Beals, center, who was exonerated on a murder charge and released from a downstate prison after 35 years behind bars, hugs his sister Pattilyn Beals, left, and niece Tamiko Beals outside Robinson Correctional Institution, in Robinson, Ill., on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.

Judge vacates murder conviction of Chicago man wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years

Brian Beals was convicted in the 1988 murder of a 6-year-old. At the time, Beals, a 22-year-old student at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, was home in Chicago during Thanksgiving break.

People standing on the side walk next to a wide street. In the far background is a large building with a mural on the front and the words "Boeing written on the top.

Boeing makes a 'best and final offer' to striking union workers

Boeing's proposed contract, released on Monday, includes bigger raises and bonuses than the offer that union members overwhelmingly rejected this month.

Stocks fell sharply in the U.S. and around the world on Monday.

The Dow Jones slumps over 1,000 points as fears about the U.S. economy intensify

Stocks fell sharply across the globe on Monday, as worries about the U.S. economy triggered a worldwide sell-off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 1,000 points or 2.6%.

Craig Adams, Jr., 18, is studying for his second try at the high school equivalency exam.

Falling Through The Cracks: Young Lives Adrift In New Orleans

Among U.S. cities, New Orleans has the third-highest rate of young people who are neither in school nor working. Craig Adams Jr. is trying not to be one of them.

Hollywood has portrayed military leaders as monsters in movies such as 1987's <em>Full Metal Jacket </em>about Marines during the Vietnam War. Army leaders wonder if this kind of toxic leadership is hurting its soldiers.

Army Takes On Its Own Toxic Leaders

Why have so many soldiers committed suicide in recent years? The Army is looking beyond post-traumatic stress and asking whether bad commanders and destructive leadership are taking a toll.

Jamal Abdullah Naser watches a video of a teenager he says is his son, Khaled Jamal Abdullah, just before he died in the custody of a Navy SEAL. The young fighter was captured after an airstrike near Mosul, Iraq, and was killed by a Navy SEAL medic who was treating him. Naser was never told what had happened to his son.

Iraqi Family Identifies Their Son As ISIS Teen At Center Of Navy War Crimes Trial

The name of the young ISIS fighter was not revealed in U.S. court proceedings, and the records are sealed. NPR has identified the fighter with the help of Iraqi officials and the teenager's family.

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