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Candidates for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat clash in a debate. Two LA City Council members involved in a racist conversation refuse to step down. Haiti's hunger crisis gets worse each day.

Nominated for an Oscar and debuting on HBO this week, All That Breathes explores the mission of two Muslim brothers: saving raptors cut down by smog and deadly kite strings.

The Trump legal team is about to wrap up the president's defense in the Senate impeachment trial. President Trump on Tuesday releases a Mideast peace plan. And, Harvey Weinstein's trial continues.

Some people say it’s reasonable for densely populated areas to receive more settlement funds, since they serve more of those affected. But others worry this overlooks rural communities disproportionately harmed by opioid addiction.

Florida lawmakers have passed a package of gun control measures. Also, we hear about how the Chinese government is responding to President Trump's talk of steel tariffs.

An unregulated landfill that accepts vegetative waste has burned underground for months. Neighbors were inundated with smoke and left wondering why the site wasn't regulated in the first place.

At least eight people were killed and several people injured after a driver mowed down people on a New York City bike path. Also, we have an update on the Republican tax overhaul bill.

Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta is defending a plea deal he oversaw nearly a dozen years ago as a U.S. attorney in Florida. Also, a major teachers' union is suing the U.S. Department of Education.

Ex-President Trump to appear before a judge in NYC Tuesday. President Biden to talk about investments in manufacturing and clean energy in Minnesota. LSU wins NCAA women's basketball championship.

Ex-President Trump to appear before a judge in NYC Tuesday. President Biden to talk about investments in manufacturing and clean energy in Minnesota. LSU wins NCAA women's basketball championship.

OPEC Plus plays wait and see over Russian sanctions. Supreme Court to hear case of businesses who don't want to do business with LGBTQ clients. After nearly a month, Arizona finally certifies vote.

Former FBI Director James Comey has been found insubordinate in his handling of the Clinton email investigation, but not biased. Also, House Republicans plan to vote next week on immigration bills.

Social and demographic change has shaken the foundation for some of what it means to be American. It has set the backdrop of this campaign in ways that were predictable and completely surprising.

The number of H-2A visas for seasonal farmworkers issued each year has more than quadrupled over the past decade. The growth has alarmed labor advocates. Farmers don't love the program, either.

David Daley, who wrote a book on Republican redistricting efforts earlier this decade, worries that the next round of map-making could be just as bad.

New ideas like "safe storage maps" show gun owners where to put their firearms in safekeeping if a mental health crisis happens. The idea has support, but obstacles are in the way in some states.

Despite scores of lawsuits by its personnel and high rates of testicular cancer among troops, the military has been slow to investigate a connection to PFAS.

Anna Lyndsey — a pseudonym — was an ordinary civil servant when she developed a rare disorder: A severe sensitivity to light. She deftly chronicles her shadowy new normal in Girl in the Dark.

Forty years ago this past week, a message was sent across ARPANET, the computer network developed by the Defense Department's Advanced Projects Agency. Many people consider that the day the Internet was born. For our series "The Net at 40," Guy Raz profiles the people who worked to make that transmission happen, as well as the two university lab students who sent the first message. Their goal? Type the simple word "login."

Days into the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza is in a deep humanitarian crisis. Republicans chose Majority Leader Steve Scalise to be their nominee for House speaker. Scientists use AI to speed up discoveries.

The race is on to find a new speaker of the House. A record number of migrants are dying trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe. Pakistan orders undocumented migrants to leave by Nov. 1.

U2 could sell out stadiums across the globe, but it would have been business as usual. At its Las Vegas residency, the band harnesses its superpower: relentless earnestness.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Todd Lookinland, the set builder for The Nightmare Before Christmas, about the film's enduring legacy as a Halloween classic.

Attorney General Barr is refusing to appear before a hearing scheduled on Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee. Also, an update on unrest in Venezuela and Julian Assange's extradition case.

On Guts, the 20-year-old pop phenom is a little louder and funnier than the teenager on her debut — and even more fascinated with what the best songwriters leave out of the picture.