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With Polls Showing Tight Races, Candidates Make Final Push In Iowa

With less than 24 hours before Iowans begin to caucus, NPR's Sam Sanders and Sarah McCammon give the latest on how the candidates are rallying their supporters.

Carolina "Maria" Hurtado in the now abandoned maternity ward of the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, where she was sterilized four decades ago.

Film Portrays A 'Perfect Storm' That Led To Unwanted Sterilizations For Many Latinas

About 40 years ago, Consuelo Hermosillo went to the hospital for an emergency cesarean section. Against her will, she left unable to have more children. No Más Bebés airs tonight on PBS.

"Market Symphony" is a new audio installation at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. The exhibition layers sound from a market in Lagos, Nigeria. The speakers are installed on enamelware trays which are often used in markets.

Symphony Of The City: Nigerian Artist Draws Songs From The Bustling Market

Emeka Ogboh's exhibition, "Market Symphony," brings listeners the rich sounds of a Lagos market. "There are stories in the soundscape," he tells NPR's Michel Martin. "There are stories from the city."

O'Hare To Get 6th Runway, But Without Expanded Terminals, Delays May Continue

American and United — the airport's two major carriers — reached agreement with O'Hare to build a new runway, which will complete a decade-long modernization project.

Guests sign in for a Bernie Sanders campaign event in Marshalltown, Iowa, in January. One big question is whether Sanders and outsider Donald Trump, who have been attracting large crowds, can get their supporters to caucus.

The Iowa Caucuses: 5 Things To Watch

Republicans and Democrats in Iowa caucus Monday night. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have attracted huge crowds, but can they turn them out to caucus?

Egypt's justice ministry says it will begin strictly enforcing a law requiring foreign men to pay to marry a woman 25 years younger or more. Human rights groups say the law only bolsters a business that preys on the poor and the vulnerable.

Does Egypt's Law Protect 'Short-Term Brides' Or Formalize Trafficking?

Egypt has vowed stricter enforcement of a law requiring foreign men to pay if they marry much younger women. Activists say the country enshrines a practice that amounts to sex trafficking.

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi (center) walks along with other lawmakers of her National League for Democracy party after a regular session of the lower house of parliament Monday.

Aung San Suu Kyi's Party Takes Control Of Myanmar's Parliament

The change comes after years of strife — and a weekend of celebration in Myanmar. But by law, Suu Kyi is barred from assuming the presidency.

Also: A Chinese financial scheme fleeces billions from clients; Syrian peace talks are shaky after a bombing near Damascus kills at least 50; and Chicago's O'Hare airport will get another runway.

Nineteen portraits from <a href="http://www.rebeccacampbell.net/">Rebecca Campbell</a>'s ongoing series are on display at the L.A. Louver. She says she portrays female artists "who are serious, diligent, hard working and good at what they do."

Portraits Of LA's Female Artists Send A Powerful Message: 'You Are Here'

Rebecca Campbell's portrait series documents the female artists who go unnoticed or underrepresented. "I made it so that they didn't disappear," she says.

When a baby is born by cesarean section, she misses out on Mom's microbes in the birth canal.

Researchers Test Microbe Wipe To Promote Babies' Health After C-Sections

A small study suggests that slathering newborns with their mothers' microbes after cesarean sections could help create healthy microbiomes. Reducing childhood illness later on is the goal.

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