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Scott Pruitt, the embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency, defended himself to lawmakers Thursday on Capitol Hill.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lise-Lotte Lublin, one of the women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault. Cosby was convicted Thursday on three counts of aggravated indecent assault in the case brought by Andrea Constand.

When a senior citizen loses the ability to make medical decisions, a guardian is chosen to help them through the last years of their life. But many states offer meager financial support to their guardianship system, leaving some of the country's most vulnerable citizens without a guardian and in a perpetual limbo.

In this disjointed and bewildering French film, Isabelle Huppert plays a mousy schoolteacher who gains a more assertive — and occasionally lethal — persona after being struck by lighting.

For years even the most predatory student loans have been impossible to default on, but one lawyer has discovered a loophole that makes it possible.

"Do you want your parents in the Oval Office or out?" Trump asked. "Out!" the kids cried. "I agree. Come on, let's go," Trump said.

On Wednesday, the governor sent a cease-and-desist letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying its arrest of a dairy farmer in upstate New York last week violated the law.

At the University of Michigan, two students have created an online guidebook with tips for other low- and middle-income students trying to manage the high costs of college.

Amazon's first quarter sales reached $51 billion, a 43 percent increase over last year. Its net income was $1.6 billion. Amazon also increased its annual Prime membership fee to $119 a year from $99.

Across the U.S., community groups, hospitals and government agencies are stepping up to support the estimated 42 million stressed and strained family caregivers, who are often untrained and unpaid.