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Sixteen-year-old Sydney Ireland has been an unofficial Boy Scout for more than a decade. Now she's petitioning the organization for the right to earn merit badges along with her male troop mates.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with award-winning documentary filmmaker Sheila Nevins about her new book, You Don't Look Your Age...And Other Fairy Tales.

ESPN recently let go of about 100 employees. The company faces declining subscriptions as people switch to view sports online. Also a high school pitcher is facing big expectations, maybe too big.

Is unorthodox the same as cruel and unusual punishment?It's the central question of the current U.S. death penalty debate, highlighted by the latest…

Oklahoma has received a $78 payment million from the tobacco industry as part of a 1999 settlement of a lawsuit against tobacco companies.State Treasurer…

Child welfare experts say the Oklahoma Department of Human Services is making "good faith efforts" to reduce the maltreatment of children in its foster…

Severe thunderstorms have toppled tree limbs and power lines and caused minor flooding across Oklahoma.The National Weather Service issued flood watches…

Immigration authorities launched a hotline for victims of crimes "committed by illegal aliens." Trump critics are calling with reports of Martians instead.

Here's a quick roundup of some of the mini-moments you may have missed on this week's Morning Edition.

Producer Frank Rich says his HBO series is about the "craven desire for power." Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Dani Shapiro's new memoir. Ankiel talks about his unlikely baseball comeback.