National FBI Reports Dip In Hate Crimes, But Rise In Violence The FBI released its annual tally of hate crimes on Tuesday. Attacks on individuals surged to a 16-year high in 2018 and hate-crime related homicides rose from 15 to 24. Rachel Treisman
Education FBI Urges Universities To Monitor Some Chinese Students And Scholars In The U.S. As suspicion toward China spreads to academia, the FBI has advised at least 10 U.S. universities to monitor academics associated with certain Chinese institutions. Emily Feng
National Convicted Murderer Has Confessed To 90 Killings, FBI Says Federal, state and local officials across the country are now on a hunt to verify the claims by Samuel Little, 78, who "may be among the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history." Merrit Kennedy
Politics FBI Contacts Deborah Ramirez, Kavanaugh Accuser, As Investigation Begins The White House has reportedly provided the FBI a list of witnesses it is allowed to speak to in its investigation into the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Jason Breslow
Politics Democrats Refer Kavanaugh Allegations To FBI, Deepening Divide Over His Nomination Sen. Dianne Feinstein sent a letter to federal authorities dealing with allegations that Democratic sources say were made by a California woman about conduct that allegedly occurred in high school. Nina Totenberg
Ukrainian credit card hackers to face Seattle court You know not to open suspicious attachments in your email. But these hackers developed a way to work around your skepticism. Joshua McNichols
Former FBI agents weigh in on Comey's media tour Ross Reynolds talks with Kathy Loedler, a 23-year veteran of the FBI and now CEO of the Rampart Group, and Carolyn Woodbury, former supervisory special... Ross Reynolds Alison Bruzek
Who killed Thomas Wales? New podcast is searching for clues Kim Malcolm talks with David Payne and Jody Gottlieb about the unsolved murder of Federal Prosecutor Thomas Wales. In 2001, Wales was shot to death in... Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
What we hope to learn from Robert Mueller's investigation Bill Radke talks to Phil Ewing, NPR's National Security editor, about the latest in the investigation into the Trump campaign's connections to Russia in... Amina Al-Sadi Person: Bill Radke
Week in Review: Murray steps aside, Trump fires Comey Mayor Ed Murray drops his reelection bid, clearing the way for a wide-open race for Seattle's next mayor. Democrats call for a special prosecutor to... Bill Radke Jason Pagano