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Until the 1990s, most of the patients at Napa State Hospital were civil commitments. Today most of the hospital's patients come through the criminal courts.

5 Years After A Murder, Calif. Hospital Still Struggles With Violence

Napa State Hospital in California added safeguards to protect workers after a psychiatric technician was murdered in 2010. But violence remains a part of daily life at the facility.

Late Conservative Blogger Breitbart Had Impact On Right, Left

In his way, Breitbart was a hyperactive Web reinterpretation of the pre-Revolutionary pamphleteer Thomas Paine. Or of Philip Freneau, who, as a Philadelphia journalist during the early American republic, was an anti-Federalist propagandist for then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson.

Ken Mehlman, then chairman of the Republican National Committee, speaks during a meeting at the Capitol Hilton in January 2006 in Washington, D.C.

Former Bush Aide Pushes 'Conservative Case' For Gay Marriage

Ken Mehlman, the political director for the George W. Bush White House, compares the right to marry to other fundamental rights conservatives embrace. He rounded up a group of 131 prominent Republicans to sign a legal brief that's at odds with the House GOP leadership and the party's platform.

In Hockey Playoffs, A Question Of Fairness

Guest host David Greene talks with NPR sports correspondent Mike Pesca about his sports idea for the week, plus a little something out of left field.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled since 1986, speaks in January at Uganda's Makarere University in the capital Kampala. Uganda celebrates a half-century of independence next month, and Museveni has ruled for more than half of that time.

Uganda's Leader: 26 Years In Power, No Plans To Quit

The man who seized power in Uganda decrying other African leaders who overstayed their welcome has now been in office for 26 years. As the country turns 50, more and more Ugandans say their president has grown autocratic as he clings to power.

UConn Sank Louisville In Women's NCAA Matchup

An exciting women's NCAA basketball tournament ended with a dominant win by UConn in Tuesday's final game. ESPN's Pablo Torre talks with host Michel Martin about the game and other sports news.

Five-time U.S. national champion Queen Underwood listens to instructions from her coach Basheer Abdullah.

108 Years Since Women Last Boxed In The Olympics, They Prepare A Return

A resort in Spokane, Wash., is hosting Olympic trials for women's boxing. The last time women boxed in the Olympics, it was a "display event." But this year, it'll count.

Tracy Stone-Manning (left) was named in 2012 by Gov.-elect Steve Bullock to run the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, in Helena, Mont. Stone-Manning has been nominated by President Joe Biden to lead an agency that oversees about a quarter-billion acres of public lands in western states.

Biden's Public Lands Nominee To Be Grilled By Senate, Unlike Trump's Pick

If confirmed, environmental leader Tracy Stone-Manning would be the first permanent director of the Bureau of Land Management in four years.

Migrants make their way toward a bus after being apprehended near the border between Mexico and the United States in Del Rio, Texas, on Sunday.

Despite Concerns About Border, Poll Finds Support For More Pathways To Citizenship

Roughly 4 out of 5 Americans say the situation at the southern border is a problem, a new NPR/Ipsos poll shows. Bipartisan majorities also support a way for some immigrants to become citizens.

A sample ballot is shown via the Dominion Voting Systems that Georgians use to vote.

The Toll Of Conspiracy Theories: A Voting Security Expert Lives In Hiding

The head of security for a voting equipment vendor speaks out from an undisclosed location where he's living after threats or harassment were directed to him and his family — even ex-girlfriends.

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