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The Bittersweet Beauty Of U.S. Figure Skater Adam Rippon

Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson reflects on what figure skater Adam Rippon means to him. Rippon is the first openly gay American athlete to qualify for the Winter Olympics.

Barnaby Joyce, the Deputy Prime Minister, seated at the right, and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time on Wednesday in Canberra, Australia.

High-Level Affair Erupts Into Open Conflict Between Australian Premier And His Deputy

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's public criticism of his deputy, Barnaby Jones, over an adulterous affair with a former staffer, threatens to tear apart the country's coalition government.

Urine testing to diagnose illness or to detect the presence of drugs is generally routine. But a woman who gave her doctor a urine sample months after back surgery got socked with a huge bill.

An Out-Of-Network Lab, An Elaborate Urine Test And Then A Surprise Bill

Elizabeth Moreno got hit with a $17,850 bill from a Texas lab after leaving a urine sample at her doctor's office. The lab had tested the sample for a wide range of legal and illicit drugs.

Coral Bay, on the eastern end of St. John, is home to an active sailing community. For months, the Coast Guard has been using a crane boat and barge to retrieve sunken vessels.

Coast Guard Reels In Hundreds Of Sunken And Cast-Off Boats In Virgin Islands

Nearly six months after the hurricanes, the slow task of removing derelict boats goes on in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It doesn't help that many boat owners simply abandoned their vessels.

'The Year Of The Dog' Begins

Festivities have begun across the world for the lunar new year. Friday marks the beginning of the Year of the Dog in China.

Senate's Open Debate Fails To Pass Immigration Legislation

Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware about why the Senate was unable to advance any of the three immigration proposals it was debating.

Rabbi Sped To Scene Of School Shooting To Be There For Students And Parents

NPR host David Greene talks to Rabbi Shuey Biston, who serves a community near this week's school shooting in Parkland, Fla. He talks about how the young people of his synagogue were affected.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, after a joint news conference following their meeting Friday in Ankara, Turkey.

Tillerson Tries To Ease Tension With Turkey

The U.S. and Turkey differ over Syria. The U.S. supports and arms Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, seeing them as key allies against ISIS. Turkey considers them terrorists.

Broward Schools Chief Dealing With How To Resume, Rebuild

Host David Greene talks to Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie about fallout from the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead.

FBI Director Christopher Wray attends the International Conference on Cyber Security on Jan. 9. The FBI says that someone called its tip line to report concerns about Nikolas Cruz, who has told police he killed 17 people in Parkland, Fla. But the bureau failed to follow protocols to assess the threat.

FBI Received A Tip Last Month About Florida Shooting Suspect — But Nothing Was Done

The caller specifically mentioned the potential for Nikolas Cruz to carry out a school shooting, but the FBI never investigated. President Trump didn't comment about it on a trip to Florida Friday.

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