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NPR's Eric Westervelt reports that social service agencies have a new tool in trying to stop child abuse without breaking up families. In Western Pennsylvania, a pilot program has at-risk children wearing an electronic transmitter they can use to signal authorities if they're threatened. This way, children do not necessarily need to be taken out of their homes. Some child advocates heartily endorse the program, but other claim that this solution fails to address the underlying problems in these homes.

Rescue crews in West Virginia continue efforts to save 13 coal miners trapped since Monday. Workers are now more than 10,000 feet into the mine. But there's been no signal from the miners, and air-quality tests show very high levels of carbon monoxide.

Scientists have at last found the protein that transforms sound waves into nerve impulses. Researchers are learning that hearing is the "fastest" of the senses, faster even than vision in the way input becomes nerve signals. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

Democrats will hold 12 presidential primary debates. The Democratic National Committee says it will have about one a month through the process.

A counsel for the panel said in a video that the Trump campaign misled donors in its fundraising after the 2020 election, perpetuating false claims of voter fraud in order to raise funds.

It marks the first public reporting of the committee seeking records from the former first family.

Rep. Cheney spoke on the Women's Suffrage Movement during her closing remarks Thursday and wore the suffragist white color, a symbolism that Sarah Matthews and Cassidy Hutchinson also adopted.

In a powerful moment, Rep. Jamie Raskin says members of his family hid under a desk during the attack on the Capitol.

The acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has left his post, marking another disruption in a year of staff and policy changes. His leadership was questioned after he delayed responding to deadly floods in Texas.

Host Michel Martin speaks with parent Jonathan Kealing, whose young son participated in Moderna vaccine trials this summer.