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A year ago, Jim Boyle was an uncommitted Republican who leaned toward Carly Fiorina. Boyle says he is now supporting Donald Trump after meeting him face-to-face.

Gene Demby thought a visit to Ghana for a wedding would be fun and uncomplicated, but it sent him down a road of introspection about black fatherhood and its connection to America's original sin.

Teachers in the U.S. flee the profession at rates higher than other developed nations. Often, the reasons have little to do with pay, parents or students.

It's life imitating art — election edition. A look at movies that have covered ground that's been well trod this campaign season, like A Face in the Crowd and The Lion in Winter and Ace in the Hole.

The plan could include cash payments to individuals and communities that have been affected by the outbreak. But it has its critics.

Fifty patients with Lou Gehrig's disease have volunteered for a study of a dietary supplement as an experimental treatment. Even a failure could help by eliminating a dead end from consideration.

Under the policy, federal employees who are not confirmed as vaccinated would be required to wear masks at all times while at work and be tested regularly for the virus.

The top star of U.S. swimming hadn't had the start to the Games that she wanted. "I don't want anyone to feel sorry for me, or feel like silver or any other medal besides gold is a disappointment."

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Harvard Law Professor Alex Whiting about the future of the International Criminal Court.

Our poetry reviewer, Tess Taylor, praises the most recent collection by W.S. Merwin called, Garden Time.

The African country, previously credited for high childhood vaccination rates, was 1 of 4 countries to reject COVID vaccines. Now they've done a 180. It's unclear if its citizens will go along.

One Tampa Bay area resident talks about the impacts of climate change on Black and brown communities, including health effects and what needs to change.

The first House select committee hearing began to investigate who was behind the Jan. 6 insurrection and what role former President Trump may have played as his supporters stormed the Capitol.

The Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol began its work Tuesday. Four police officers who defended the building that day testified.

Provincetown, Mass., has one of the highest vaccination rates in the country — so why did it just institute an indoor mask mandate after a big spike in positive COVID-19 tests?

Nearly 500,000 dirty diesel vehicles could be taken off the roads under a settlement approved by a judge in the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal. VW has agreed to pay up to $14.7 billion to resolve claims from consumers and the U.S. government. Customers will be compensated under a VW buyback program, and the company will also pay to offset the pollution caused by the rigged diesel vehicles.

Mark Zuckerberg is defending Facebook on Capitol Hill. Members of the House Financial Services Committee are grilling the CEO about the company's plans for a new digital currency and other issues.

NPR's Noel King speaks with Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and two voters on their most pressing questions on Yang's platform.

Two associates of President Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, pleaded not guilty to campaign finance violations. But questions remain about whether Giuliani is in legal jeopardy himself.

"The message is simple: We Venezuelans never give up," says a star of Les Misérables opening in Caracas. Victor Hugo's classic resonates with residents in one of the world's deadliest cities.

A new investigation has found dozens of victims of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Colorado and a decades-long cover-up. It can't rule out that some priests are still serving.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., about Friday's testimony before the House Intelligence Committee by the inspector general who received the whistleblower complaint.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Al Jazeera reporter Imran Khan about the protests in Baghdad. Despite a curfew, an Internet blackout and mounting deaths, demonstrators are taking to the streets.

The Supreme Court is taking up an abortion case from Louisiana that could result in a rollback of abortion rights. It's the first major abortion case since Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation.

When Hurricane Dorian hit the northern Bahamas a month ago, it shattered lives and ripped apart a delicate economy. Now, business owners are debating how to rebuild and whether it even makes sense.