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The prime minister insisted he would not resign after documents leaked allegedly linked him to an offshore company that could represent a serious conflict of interest. Brynjar Gunnasrson/AP hide caption toggle caption Brynjar Gunnasrson/AP The Two-Way - News Blog Here's What You Need To Know (So Far) About 'Panama Papers' Who leaked the papers? Are the schemes uncovered illegal? We answer some pressing questions about the huge document leak. Victoria Thomas' backyard was overrun with rats a few years ago. She tried everything from trenching to underground fencing to poison traps but nothing worked — until she got three feral cats. Victoria Thomas hide caption toggle caption Victoria Thomas Animals Facing A Growing Rat Problem, A Neighborhood Sets Off The Cat Patrol Chicago's rat problem gets worse when the city demolishes old buildings. Residents of one neighborhood decided to counter the rodent invasion with rats' natural enemies: feral cats. Facing A Growing Rat Problem, A Neighborhood Sets Off The Cat Patrol Listen · 3:40 3:40 Download Embed Embed < iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/473002208/473005056" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript Latest From NPR News Amtrak Crash Latest: Video Shows Construction Equipment On The Track Princeton Will Keep Woodrow Wilson's Name On School Buildings Finally Clinton And Sanders Find A Time And Place To Debate Patients Miss Out On Savings When Doctors Fail To Talk About Costs Joseph Medicine Crow, Historian And Last Crow Tribe War Chief, Dies At 102 More News Latest Newscast Connect With NPR Podcast Directory Email Newsletters NPR on Facebook @npr on Twitter Live Left to right: Archie Shepp, Gary Burton, Wendy Oxenhorn, Pharoah Sanders. 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Universal Images Group/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Universal Images Group/Getty Images The Two-Way - News Blog Human Sacrifice Is Linked To Social Hierarchies In New Study "Our results," scientists say, "suggest that ritual killing helped humans transition from the small egalitarian groups of our ancestors, to the large stratified societies we live in today." Republican presidential candidate John Kasich speaks during a campaign stop at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., on Monday. Julie Jacobson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julie Jacobson/AP Politics Trump And Cruz Find Common Ground — Kasich Should Go Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are also backing a Republican Party rule that would prevent the Ohio governor's name from being placed in contention at the Republican National Convention in July. WWE women's champion Charlotte celebrates her victory at WWE WrestleMania 32 on Sunday. Brandon Wade/AP Images for WWE hide caption toggle caption Brandon Wade/AP Images for WWE The Two-Way - News Blog From 'Divas' To 'Superstars': WWE Embraces Women's Sports Revolution In Sunday night's WrestleMania, WWE proved that while the action in the ring may be theater, the push for equal opportunities for women is real. Credit: NPR Tiny Desk Watch: PWR BTTM The queer, glammy, wildly dressed duo has a keen sense of mischief and a gift for honest, punk-infused, tongue-in-cheek pop gems. PWR BTTM performs four songs in the NPR Music offices. Relatives of Iraqi prisoners being held at Abu Ghraib denounce detainee treatment as they hold local newspapers featuring photos of U.S. soldiers abusing the prisoners inside the jail in May 2004. Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images Parallels - World News 'It Was Torture': An Abu Ghraib Interrogator Acknowledges 'Horrible Mistakes' Fresh Air The techniques Eric Fair used still weigh on his conscience. "There is no middle ground," he says. "Torture is an enhanced interrogation." His new memoir is Consequence. 'It Was Torture': An Abu Ghraib Interrogator Acknowledges 'Horrible Mistakes' Listen · 43:34 43:34 Download Embed Embed < iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/472964974/473004679" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript Each metro train in Delhi has one car for women only. Yirmiyan Arthur/AP hide caption toggle caption Yirmiyan Arthur/AP Goats and Soda Why I Love Riding On The Women-Only Car On Delhi's Metro Some people say there shouldn't have to be such cars, that they put women on the periphery. Journalist Rhitu Chatterjee disagrees. Penguin Books Shots - Health News Just Turned 40? An Architect Says It's Time To Design For Aging An architect looked at communities that serve older adults, and didn't like what he saw. By changing habits earlier in life, he says, we can create vibrant communities that will sustain us. The Supreme Court of the United states ruled Monday that the total population as defined by the Census Bureau should be used when counting people for political purposes. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images The Two-Way - News Blog Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To 'One Person, One Vote' The court ruled unanimously that all persons residing in a particular state or district should be counted — not just those who are eligible to vote — when drawing legislative districts. Almost famous, Seventies singer, Jobriath (born: Bruce Wayne Campbell). The latest episode of HBO's Vinyl has introduced a character seemingly based on his career. Benno Friedman/Courtesy of Kieran Turner hide caption toggle caption Benno Friedman/Courtesy of Kieran Turner The Record Gay Glam Comes To HBO Is Vinyl 's latest fictionalized New York music character a tribute to Jobriath, the post-David Bowie "space clown" who was rock's first openly homosexual performer? kana_hata/Getty Images The Salt When Is It OK To Profit From Another Culture's Food? You Weighed In We started a conversation about food and race. Who gets to cook and become the face of a culture's cuisine? While our question was prompted by an interview with chef Rick Bayless, the issue transcends him. Jimmy Carter holds up an early edition of the Milwaukee Sentinel, which declared Rep. Morris Udall winner of the 1976 Democratic primary. Late returns gave the state to Carter. Bettmann/Bettmann Archive hide caption toggle caption Bettmann/Bettmann Archive Politics Wisconsin, Long The Front-Runner's Friend, Could Play Spoiler On Tuesday The polls might be wrong of course, but they do comport with signals from the ground: Wisconsin is Cruzing and feeling the Bern, and both could ride the thermal updraft for the next two weeks. An image from a CHP video shows a Chihuahua leading officers on a chase across the Bay Bridge. California Highway Patrol/Screen shot by NPR hide caption toggle caption California Highway Patrol/Screen shot by NPR The Two-Way - News Blog Chihuahua With Chutzpah: Dog Leads Police On Chase Across San Francisco Bridge The dog's only identifying tag — black, with a silver human skull — served to cement his status as a hardcore animal who's not wowed by authority. Now he has actor Erik Estrada on his side. Rowhouses in Baltimore sit across the street from a church where Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) held a meeting last summer about, among other things, reducing ex-convict recidivism. 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