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Following a disappointing report for March, job creation in April returned to the more robust pace of 2014. The unemployment rate also dipped to 5.4 percent. Results roughly aligned with expectations.

Larry Brassfield of Arkansas left bullets in range of his dog. His dog chewed them up — luckily none went off. A vet removed 16 live rounds.

Shaquille O'Neal was on the TNT network when he got up from his chair, tripped and fell. One meme Shaq re-tweeted shows him on his back with boxer Floyd Mayweather raising his right arm up in victory.

The measure would allow Congress to review and potentially reject a nuclear deal with Iran. Steve Inskeep talks to Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin, ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

One officer says relations with the public are "about as bad as I've seen," as a take-charge method of policing collides with a more skeptical citizenry that can record and disseminate video anywhere.

The Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia is raising a lot of questions about safety. Doug Riddell, a retired locomotive engineer, says, "The first responsibility of any railroader is safety."

The Labor Department's investigation follows an NPR/Mine Safety and Health News series about the failure of federal regulators to collect millions in safety penalties at the nation's mines.

The Amtrak passenger train was going more than 100 miles per hour when it derailed north of Philadelphia. Positive train control could have automatically slowed the train down on that stretch of rail.

Training was arranged for city employees on how to deal with women. Experts said women ask a lot of questions. The Austin American-Statesman quotes an academic who called that "benevolent sexism."

A man in North Adams, Mass., wanted bears off his property. Police say he got drunk and pulled out his axe. Authorities advise residents not to chase bears through the woods drunk with a dull tool.