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Describing groups of people as animals, using language like, "hunt them down" and "infestation" is an age old tactic to influence public opinion. And, it works. History shows when dehumanizing language is repeated, people start seeing their fellow human beings as sub-human.

A gunman entered the offices of the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis on Thursday and opened fire, killing four journalists and a sales assistant. We have profiles of the victims.

After surgery for separate hand injuries, a father and son endured lengthy occupational therapy, which their insurer considered to be an alternative treatment. The family owed more than $8,500.

President Trump and congressional Republicans promised that taxpayers would be able to file their returns on a postcard, but the new IRS effort isn't quite that.

Commentator Cokie Roberts answers listener questions and talks with NPR's Noel King about the history of immigration and asylum laws.

Staff at a Scottish animal rescue center are putting Arbuckle the hedgehog on a diet after weighing in at about 5 pounds, which is four times a normal weight, according to the BBC.

A man in Arizona says a snake popped out from under the hood of his car and started to climb up the windshield. It retreated back under the hood and was never found.

Noel King talks to Mayor Gavin Buckley about Thursday's attack on the Capital Gazette, a community newspaper publisher, in Annapolis, Md. Five people were shot and killed. The suspect is in custody.

"Today we are speechless," the opinion page of The Capital reads on Friday. But that didn't stop the staff from printing a newspaper, one day after a horrible attack.

She raps, dances and plays trumpet and keyboards. She loves school and wants to be a gynecologist when she grows up. But right now she just wants to make people happy.