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The Immigration and Naturalization Service has granted asylum to a severely disabled boy from Pakistan on grounds he would face persecution because of his autism if he returned home. NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports that some say this Chicago case will not ease asylum claims for other disabled people.

Buildings impacted by groundwater pollution would receive mitigation devices under the Environmental Protection Agency's suggested plan.

A Honduran mother of two, who is pregnant with a third, remains in a Mexico City shelter after hearing of the U.S. family separation policy.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to actor Daniel Dae Kim about his upbringing and training for action scenes in his new TV series, Butterfly.

Abood Okal, Wafaa Abuzayda and their 1-year-old son are back in Massachusetts after spending 27 days in Gaza. They don't know whether they'll be able to see their families or return to the area again.

Commentator Julie Zickefoose raised three orphaned hummingbirds a couple of years ago, never expecting to see them again. This is the story of their return.

The time travel thriller Looper, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis, rewrote the rules on the standard science-fiction film. NPR movie critic Bob Mondello explains the loops that are closed by delving into the Blu-ray release.

There's no way to really generalize what it's like to be gay in the South. But to get an idea, we spent a day with Chad Griffin — the newest president of a Washington-based gay rights group — as he spent his first day on the job in his hometown of Arkadelphia, Ark.