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The director of Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services was charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the Flint water crisis.

Sen. Jeff Flake says he saw who was firing shots at a GOP baseball practice. According to Flake, the man fired more than 50 shots. After Flake heard the shooter was down, he helped the wounded.

A shooting at a congressional batting practice in Alexandria, Va., injured several people. Sen. Jeff Flake, who was there, says after hearing shots, those on the field who could sought cover.

A shooting in Alexandria, Va., has left several people wounded. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot in the hip and is in stable condition. The suspect was arrested and is in custody.

Multiple people were shot in Alexandria, Va., according to police. Multiple news organizations are reporting that a congressional baseball practice was being held and that there are injuries.

Christians in Minya province have faced long-running tensions with their Muslim neighbors over an issue central to their survival as a community — whether they can build churches.

Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon about Attorney General Sessions testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Wyden, who's on the panel, had questions for Sessions.

A college student in Wyoming was arrested trying to leave a store with three TVs. Police said they found many stolen items in her dorm room. She told police she was working on a paper on kleptomania.

Fire consumed a high-rise apartment tower in west London overnight. The London Fire Brigade says there have been a number of fatalities.

In Kansas City, a man says he robbed a bank to be jailed, so he would get away from his wife. But his public defender cited the defendant's health issues, and instead he will get home confinement.

More than 190 Democrats in Congress are suing President Trump over foreign payments to his businesses. Also, a look at the future of the Republican health care plan, and white phosphorous use in Iraq.

President Trump is trying to change media focus from Russia to his agenda. He traveled to Wisconsin Tuesday to talk health care and job training.

The Library of Congress has named Tracy K. Smith as the the country's new poet laureate. She's the author of three collections of poetry and won the Pulitzer Prize in 2012.

Rachel Martin speaks with Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland, about a lawsuit from members of Congress who are suing President Trump for violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.

One farmer's improper use of a Monsanto pesticide damaged another's field and led to a shooting. The dispute reveals divisions among neighbors and economic tradeoffs over the right way to farm.

We look at what the Senate is expected to do with the Republican health care plan passed by the House.

Steve Inskeep talks with Republican Rep. Rodney Davis, a member of the moderate Tuesday Group. He's been a proponent of the Republican health care plan, and talks about what's next for the bill.

Binky looks like a social media app, but nothing you do on it matters. It's not connected to anyone you know. Creator Dan Kurtz says "it's all meaningless."

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Army Lt. Gen. Steve Townsend about the offensive to unseat ISIS from its stronghold in Raqqa.

Faced with declining membership among millennials, the Southern Baptists are seeking to modernize their language. The denomination has adopted a new Bible with more gender-neutral terms.