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Stolen Calculators, A Search Warrant And 2 Varying Memories Of What Happened Greg McKelvey says his interactions with Andrew Halbert, a police officer at his Oregon high school, traumatized him. Eight years on, McKelvey's tweets led them to reflect on their shared experiences. Read more on NPR

More Than A Million Florida Felons Aren't Sure Yet Whether They Can Register To Vote The incoming Florida governor and other politicians in the state say they will need to weigh-in before the amendment passed by voters in Nov., giving voting rights back to felons, is implemented. Read more on NPR

American Flown To Nebraska After Possible Ebola Exposure The University of Nebraska Medical Center is monitoring an American health care worker who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus after treating patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more on NPR

On Jan. 1, Books, Movies And Music From 1923 Enter Public Domain James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins of Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain talk with NPR's Leila Fadel about the movies, music and books from 1923 entering the public domain on Jan. 1. Read more on NPR

Nancy Grace Roman, 'Mother Of Hubble' Space Telescope, Has Died, At Age 93 Roman was one of the first female executives at NASA, its first chief of astronomy and she played an instrumental role in making the Hubble Space Telescope a reality. She died on Dec. 25. Read more on NPR

N.C. Congressional Seat In Limbo As Voter Fraud Investigation Continues In the race for North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, there's still no winner. Investigations into alleged election fraud are still ongoing. And now a court ruling has created even more chaos. Read more on NPR

Nicaraguan Government Cracks Down On Dissenters As Nicaragua cracks down on dissenters and journalists, the U.S. has imposed sanctions and the Organization of American States branded Daniel Ortega's leftist government a dictatorship. Read more on NPR

Journalist Dies In Self-Immolation, Prompting Protests In Tunisia NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Chaima Bouhlel about protests in Tunisia after the self-immolation of a journalist. Bouhlel is a former president of Al Bawsala, a local watchdog group. Read more on NPR

Congolese Head To Polls, Except In Some Ebola-Hit Areas Congolese finally vote today in a long-delayed presidential election, the first democratic transfer of power in a country plagued by violence. Voting was postponed again in Ebola-hit areas. Read more on NPR

What 3 Deaths Among Thousands Tell Us About Afghanistan In 2018 Thousands of civilians, soldiers and police were killed this year in suicide attacks, bombings and airstrikes. The lives and deaths of three Afghan men shed light on the challenges the country faces. Read more on NPR

It's Easy For Migrants To Get Sick; Harder To Get Treatment Two children recently died in Border Patrol custody. In response, volunteers created pop-up clinics and the Department of Homeland Security ordered medical checks on kids in custody. Read more on NPR

The Year In Washington Scandals: The 'Swamp' Remained Murky In 2018 "Bad optics," charter jets, abusive tweets and insider trading. It has been that kind of year in President Trump's Cabinet and on Capitol Hill. Read more on NPR

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A lion at a North Carolina private wildlife sanctuary fatally mauled a 22-year-old worker on Sunday before being shot and killed by local law enforcement, officials said. from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2Thb1wY

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday he was optimistic that Republicans, Democrats and President Donald Trump could reach a deal to end a government shutdown that includes border wall funding and legal status for some illegal immigrants. from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2QV4XgM

The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Sunday defended his agents' handling of two sick children who died in their custody, saying they did everything they could to get medical help for them in difficult circumstances. from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2EWPS7p

A top Republican says the president remains determined to defeat the Islamic State group in Syria. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SrBV5i

Sheikh Hasina wins a third consecutive term in a vote marred by violence and claims of vote rigging. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2EWFJbC

Germany will assume greater international responsibility, Angela Merkel says in her New Year address. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2SzaEhv

Outgoing chief of staff John Kelly appears to contradict the US president on the border wall plan. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2EXMmcP

Festival-goers are told that a "dangerous" drug is circulating in Australia, following a man's death. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2AmSDfb

The state bans retailers from selling animals sourced from breeders, to cut down on "puppy mills". from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2EXbrFC

A bird named Clark goes rogue in front of 90,000 fans at a college game. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Tg7r6c

Four die in a helicopter crash near the world's longest zipline, in the UAE's northern-most emirate. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2QXx536

Six Iranian migrants are found on the Kent coast as the home secretary cuts short a holiday to deal with the issue. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Ak3q9S

Police escorted Jermaine Massey out of the DoubleTree Portland after he called his mum in the lobby. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Tist3Y

Afro-Argentines often feel like they’ve been written out of history and are mistaken for foreigners in their own country. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2s2fJ6c

Clashes between ruling party and opposition supporters have resulted in 17 deaths. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Sv4fni

Dylema leads us through key events on the continent this year in a specially commissioned poem. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2BZzjVp

Lederhosen and dirndl dresses are making a comeback in Austria. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2AmkSL1

A look at the year's most influential hashtags used by women on social media. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2RntUB7

This Canadian man is being called the world's most extreme grandpa. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2AntDnS

Eli Melki looks for traces of a relative who was killed at 33 during a wave of attacks against eastern Turkey's Christians. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2BMln0I

From the ridiculous to the more ridiculous, here are the weird stories that caught our eye this year. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2s3oDAp

India's decision to decriminalise gay sex has taken the country back to its roots, some historians say. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2ApBWzF

Remembering some of the figures from music, film, TV, radio and literature who died in 2018. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2F03HlD

Are garment factories in Bangladesh safe five years after the Rana Plaza disaster? from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2s3oVat

A selection of the best photos from across and about Africa this year. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2GIKAyK

Bahrain's high court upheld a five-year jail sentence against activist Nabeel Rajab on Monday for criticizing Saudi Arabia’s air strikes in Yemen and accusing Bahrain’s prison authorities of torture, his lawyer said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LGIVsj

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday he did not see any danger to the government in the coming months as it turns its efforts to new reforms after closing the budget for next year. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2SsesRl

Rescue services in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk scrambled to find survivors after a suspected gas blast in the early hours of Monday caused the partial collapse of a high rise apartment building, killing at least two people, news agencies reported. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LHqd3U

The main opposition camps in Congo's presidential election on Sunday complained of widespread irregularities after a chaotic vote disrupted by long queues, broken voting machines and torrential rain. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LH8JVk

Residents of an Ebola hotspot in eastern Congo staged a mock presidential election on Sunday to show the authorities a decision to postpone the vote there due to health fears was unfounded. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2GZSpR1