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Settlements resolve civil lawsuits where both parties have concerns about the costs — financial, psychological, and reputational — of going to trial. Often, they’re the best chance for victims of institutional negligence or malice to get some measure of justice and restitution. At the same time, avoiding a trial forecloses a rare chance for transparency and accountability for public institutions, which can leave the public feeling an uneasy lack of resolution.

The chocolate biz is raising the bar with a lab to assess cacao beans from around the world. (Talk about a sweet gig!) Consumers and farmers stand to benefit from the "Cacao of Excellence" program.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour party suffered major losses in local elections held across Britain last week. So far, Starmer has rejected calls for his resignation.

Under the Trump administration, the State Department is seeing an exodus of diplomats. Among the reasons: a newly aggressive politicization of U.S. foreign policy.

The UK's two-party system is fracturing. Anti-establishment parties trounced the traditional parties, Labour and Conservative, in local elections. There are calls for the prime minister to step down.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe looks ahead to President Trump's visit this week to China with Patricia Kim of The Brookings Institution.

Two months ago, a gunman drove through the preschool at Temple Israel, the largest synagogue in Michigan. Every child and teacher survived, but the community is still displaced and navigating the trauma of the attack.

The White House waits for Iran's response to the latest deal to end the war, as President Trump prepares for a meeting in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jingping later this week.

Nearly every state in the country has one or more cowboy churches. The theology might not be different from other churches but the worship music is often bluegrass or gospel with a twang.

Chang and Eng Bunker were famous conjoined twins who married sisters. Christina Baker Kline imagines what their lives were like in her novel, "The Foursome." She talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.