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Gov. Mary Fallin vetoed a bill allowing adults to carry firearms without a license. She signed a bill to let private agencies deny placing a child for adoption based on religious beliefs.

Iraqis went to the polls on Saturday for the first parliamentary election since ISIS was pushed out of the country.

In New Orleans, activists who spoke in favor of a proposed gas plant turned out to be paid actors. Environmentalists are calling on the city council to reconsider its approval of a plant permit.

In the book "Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna," Edith Sheffer writes about the doctor who first diagnosed Asperger's Syndrome. Sheffer tells NPR's Michel Martin how Hans Asperger's Nazi ties were hidden for years.

NPR's Lakshmi Singh reports on recent allegations of racism involving college fraternities. She interviews University of Connecticut sociologist Matthew Hughey, Cal Poly student Leilani Hemmings-Pallay and Syracuse University law professor Greg Germain.

Attackers targeted three churches, which were holding Sunday services. An intelligence official says an ISIS-allied group may be responsible.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to the former chief of Israeli military intelligence, Amos Yadlin, about how changes in U.S. foreign policy are affecting Israel.

Tomas Jimenez, a sociology professor at Stanford, tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro that recent arrivals assimilate just as fast as previous generations.

A West Virginia coal mine explosion 50 years ago haunts the town of Farmington. Families want to reinstate a lawsuit. Sen. Joe Manchin tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro that the town wants closure.

Looking back this Mother's Day, it seems that the advice our mothers gave us was exactly spot on, as listeners tell us.