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Critics say the Capitol Police's history of secrecy contributed to the failure to prevent the Capitol riot. Unlike many departments, the agency is exempt from releasing records like bodycam footage.

Lourdes Garcia-Navarro talks to Sean Rameswaram, host of the weekly pop culture podcast, Sideshow, about his top picks for the best of the Internet in 2014.

in America, reports that cultural changes, especially in the role of women, are helping to widen the difference between families at the top and bottom of America's income ladder.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports that Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid handed over the daily running of the government to his deputy Megawati Sukarnoputri. Wahid made the change in an effort to appease top legislature who accuses him of failure to lead the country out of years of economic and social crisis.

Brian Mann of North Country Public Radio reports on ESPN's new television series, The Great Outdoor Games. With events such as log rolling and bass fishing, ESPN turns its cameras to contests in which top competitors endorse chainsaws and fly fishing reels rather than athletic shoes and clothing lines.

One of the issues most often mentioned by voters this election year is education. The presidential candidates Al Gore andGeorge W. Bush are responding. Both men have made schools and education reform a top priority on the campaign trail. But as NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports, what can the president of the United States really do to improve the nation's schools?

As the Bush administration considers war with Iraq, the Pentagon demands the nation's top law schools allow military recruiters on campus or risk losing government funding. NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports.

This comes on top of a decade of war, millions of Syrians displaced and many hospitals bombed out.

In Colombia, a judge orders the release of Gilberto Rodriguez, imprisoned as one of the country's top drug lords. Investigators scramble to find evidence to bring fresh charges -- and possibly to support Rodriguez's extradition to the United States. Steven Dudley reports.

The Taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack at the guesthouse of a top Afghan official, which left eight people dead and 20 others injured Tuesday.