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  • Shari Caudron's book Who Are You People? peers into the lives of folks who are fanatical about singular pursuits. Her subjects range from ice fishing enthusiasts to Josh Groban groupies.
  • Some Democrats want to disband the Homeland Security agency that enforces immigration policy. But the slogan "Abolish ICE" raises more political issues than it answers.
  • U.S. speedskating took a big hit in Sochi today, coming out of the 1,000-meter competition with no medals. The team's highest rank was eighth, earned by Shani Davis, who has dominated this race in the past.
  • Canada invented ice cider in the '90s. Now it's becoming trendy and Vermont wants to cash in, too. The frigid winter has been just the stuff to turn the state's frozen apples into tasty dessert wine.
  • The images of children crying after their parents were arrested in a massive immigration raid in Mississippi revived a longstanding complaint:…
  • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Seth Lavin, a Chicago school principal, about the impact on students and staff of ICE raids.
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement has come under pressure to explain why it was force-feeding detained asylum-seekers protesting their detention. Nine of the 12 hunger strikers are from India.
  • Immigration detention centers have been a hotbed of COVID-19 during the pandemic. But U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement still has no clear plan for how to vaccinate everyone in its care.
  • Michael Hearst, a founder of the band One Ring Zero, put out his Songs for Ice Cream Trucks CD mostly for fun. But he's been getting calls from ice-cream truck drivers who want to use them. Some of the instruments you'll hear on the collection include glockenspiel, electronic chord organ, melodica and theremin.
  • The prime minister proposed spending $2,716 a year on the treat for his household at the same time that his coalition government proposed austerity measures for the country.
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