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Some Justice Department officials are following President Trump's directive to prosecute his perceived enemies. For those targeted, mounting a criminal defense against the government can be expensive.

Scientists assume a wave of people from what's now Siberia crossed into North America via Alaska, maybe 23,000 years ago. Genetics support that, but may also suggest another wave from Australasia.

His given name is Jeffrey Lebowski — but the stoner hero of The Big Lebowski prefers to be called the Dude. As Guy Raz discovers, he's part fiction, part reality. But there's a little Dude in each of us.

Feinstein's reputation as a bipartisan bridge builder and an anti-Trump climate in the state may work against her as a liberal state lawmaker plans a campaign against the 84-year-old senator.

Police zip-tied the hands of large numbers of student protesters and hauled them away. An armored vehicle pushed a bridge into a window of Hamilton Hall and then officers quickly retook the building.

Fifteen percent of energy in Hawaii comes from renewable sources such as wind, solar and biomass. The rest comes mostly from pricey oil imports. The state now wants to switch from oil to natural gas as an interim fuel. But some worry the move could derail the state's green energy momentum.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that researchers have made a promising step toward repairing spinal cord damage. In a study being reported in the journal Science, researchers were able to transplant nerves to the severed spinal cords of rats to bridge the damaged area. The rats then appeared to regain at least partial use of their hind legs.

NPR's Cynthia Johnston reports on the proposed solutions to the congested roads that plague commuters in the Washington, D.C., area. Many say another bridge across the Potomac River is necessary, but others fear the consequences such expansion would have on a nearby agricultural reserve.

The rising Mississippi River has broken through a half-dozen levees and forced major bridges to close. The record high water is consuming towns in its path.

From county courthouses to country stores, ghost towns to lost bridges, the Anderson Ferry to the Great Miami Railroad Bridge, Satolli Glassmeyer and his…