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The Paralympics that start Wednesday in Paris feature more than 4,000 athletes from 160 countries, in competitions such as blind soccer, para swimming, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball.

It was an up and down day at the Olympics. All three of the U.S. women's figure skaters fell or stumbled in the short program, but the U.S. women won their first ever medal in cross-country skiing.

The rich and famous can move audiences, but can they move the polls? One of the first big stars to stump for a presidential candidate was Al Jolson who endorsed Warren Harding for president in 1920.

A roundup of eight useful tips from Life Kit's August episodes. This month's edition includes a sweet goodbye ritual for children and advice on how to save more money at the grocery store.

The crash was the first reported loss of an F-16 in Ukraine, where they arrived at the end of last month. At least six of the warplanes are believed to have been delivered.

NPR's A Martinez talks with Jon Wertheim of "Sports Illustrated" about the start of the U.S. Open tennis tournament.

In his new book At War with Ourselves, My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster recounts his experience working for Trump and his inner circle.

Against the demands of the Assad regime, a covert cross-border operation has been getting aid to desperate Syrians in areas out of government control. A new U.N. resolution could expand these efforts.

The Biden administration is restarting an immigration program that allows migrants from 4 countries to come to the United States. The administration said Thursday that it's now including “additional vetting” of their U.S.-based financial sponsors following fraud concerns.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Walid Alhathloul, whose sister, Saudi activist Loujain Alhathloul, has been in prison in Saudi Arabia since May 2018. She says she will appear in court Wednesday.

More countries and airlines grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 on Tuesday. But the three U.S. airlines that fly the jet say they don't plan to ground their fleets after a second deadly crash of the plane.

For the 2020 census, the Census Bureau is opening about half the number of local offices it operated from for the last national head count. Some lawmakers are worried the change will harm the count.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Anna Wiederkehr of FiveThirtyEight about the growing popularity of long-distance endurance runs during the pandemic.

The CBS News vice presidential debate will be the only time Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz get to face off ahead of the 2024 election. Here's what to expect.

Nezha Hayat is the first woman to serve on the board of directors of a bank in Morocco. She is involved in running the Casablanca Stock Exchange, and she's pushing for more women to play decision-making roles in the country's economy. David Greene talks to Hayat about her experience rising through the ranks of a field dominated by men.

Officials caution against people coming out to the barrier islands to hang out or gawk at the storm damage. They say residents and workers need their space as cleanup and damage assessment continues.

Congress returns Monday from the Memorial Day recess without any discernible progress in the Senate on health care legislation — and time is getting short.

President Trump announced the U.S. will exit the climate deal, and there was more news about the Russia investigation. And next week, former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate.

President Trump's positive test for the coronavirus raises many questions — about both the government and his reelection campaign.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Evan Medeiros, professor of Asian studies at Georgetown University, about escalating tensions between the U.S. and China and the consulate closures ordered by each side.

A Pakistani woman who survived a near deadly assault managed to bring her attacker to justice. But her effort showed how hard it is to prosecute crimes against women in Pakistan.

Democrats and Republicans both think they can win the state's Second Congressional District — one of the swingiest in the country — where immigration and abortion rights are dominating the debate.

Puerto Ricans say their island remains paralyzed because of a lack of diesel distribution owing to a lack of truck drivers. Additionally, there are concerns that there are many more Hurricane Maria-related deaths than the 16 confirmed so far.

President Biden huddled with Democratic governors at the White House amid concerns about the fallout from his debate performance.

The next British prime minister will be Keir Starmer, from the center-left Labour Party. It was a near wipeout for the Conservatives -- the party's worst defeat in its nearly 200-year history.