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On the 12th day of a partial government shutdown, NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., about the different proposals on the table to bring the shutdown to an end.

In a recent study of patients treated by emergency medical responders in Oregon, black patients were 40 percent less likely to get pain medicine than their white peers. Why?

Protests erupted after two women in their 40s entered a prominent Hindu temple. They went against a centuries-old tradition that says women old enough to menstruate should not enter the temple.

Noel King talks to Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, president of Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., about the possibility that the women-only and historically black college, may lose its accreditation.

The two went to a Washington, D.C., court to get their marriage license, and were told the marriage bureau is closed because of the shutdown. They created a hashtag: my big fake Greek wedding.

Noel King talks to David Whelan, brother of Paul Whelan, who has been detained in Russia on charges of spying. Jon Huntsman, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, visited Whelan in Russian detention.

Stocks plunged again Thursday after Apple said its revenues were less than expected last quarter because of a decline in revenues in China. The news has a lot of investors worried.

As the 116th Congress begins its term, congressional leaders are set for a new meeting on Friday with President Trump to discuss solutions for the partial government shutdown.

Alabama and Clemson play in the national championship game — again. It's the third time in four years they're meeting in the title game. Why are these two programs so consistently good?

Noel King talks to Trish Gilbert, executive vice president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, about the partial government shutdown effects how controllers are doing their job.