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Mike Johnston campaigned on ending homelessness in Denver. But tens of thousands of migrants arriving in the city in the last year is making that promise harder to keep.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Felicia Rangel-Samponaro, of the Sidewalk School, which helps migrants, about the CBP app rolled out to help process asylum seekers. It's had a lot of glitches.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Denver Mayor Mike Johnston about the high numbers of migrants that have been arriving in the city. Denver has spent more than $36 million helping migrants.

It's been nearly two weeks since Israel declared war on Hamas. Israelis and Palestinians blame each other for the blast at a Gaza hospital. Rep. Jim Jordan loses a second vote to be House speaker.

Dan Gebhart and Jordan Anderson are mushroom foraging friends in California that came across $4,000 worth of chanterelles — a highly coveted wild mushroom.

Filmmaker Malcolm Lee most recently directed Best Man Holiday. His production company, Blackmaled Productions, focuses on the image of black men on-screen.

President Obama heads home from the Middle East Saturday, after a mixed reception to his four-day visit. Obama spent much of that time in Israel, trying to lay the groundwork to revive the long-stalled peace process with the Palestinians. He also traveled to the West Bank and met with Jordan's King Abdullah. NPR's Scott Horsley has a recap from Amman, Jordan.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Jordan Walker-Pearlman, the nephew of Gene Wilder, who died Monday at 83. Wilder is best known for his roles in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and The Producers.

After the nursing home where Leann Sample worked was bought by private investors, it started falling apart. Literally. But the owners of the facility were making huge profits.

As protests rise on college campuses around America, students reflect on the legacy of the campus activism of the late 1960s.