However, to think that he quickly spent that entire paycheck on a fancy new car feels a little far-fetched, especially given his previous self-deprecating jokes about being poor. We're not saying ...

Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First. As a national correspondent, Fadel consistently reported on the fault lines of this divided nation.

A nationwide backlog in rape kit testing was largely solved in 2018. But Colorado has fallen behind again due to a corrupt investigator. Progress to catch up will be slow.