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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with sports writer Lindsay Gibbs about Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez, the two teen tennis players who will go head-to-head at the U.S. Open women's final on Saturday.

Tuesday is the deadline for California voters to weigh in on whether to recall Gov. Newsom and, if so, which of the 46 recall candidates to replace him with. Latest polls show Newsom may be safe.

Combing through the archives, Erin Overbey found that the print publication resembles "Southern country clubs circa 1950," in which barely any writers and editors of color or women are represented.

On Sept 15, 2001, a causeway bridge leading from Port Isabel to South Padre Island collapsed and killed eight people. Twenty years later, survivors and rescuers can talk about it for the first time.

Three Floridians offer their solutions to climate change: placing more responsibility on the government and polluting companies; purchasing more preservation lands, and creating a greener future for the next generation.

This week may be key for President Biden's ambitious climate goals. Congress is debating measures that are crucial for cutting carbon emissions and meeting U.S. obligations in the Paris climate deal.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with CapRadio's Nicole Nixon about the final stretch before the California gubernatorial recall election.

Pfizer is seeking the FDA's permission to offer a third COVID-19 vaccine dose to those 16 and older. There's data that the vaccine's efficacy is waning and evidence that a booster can reverse that.

President Biden announced an effort to vaccinate 70% of the world's population against COVID by this time 2022. Health officials from lower income countries say they need more than donations of doses.

President Biden will announce the U.S. is buying 500 million more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. That would bring the total promised U.S. vaccine donations to more than 1.1 billion.

The White House sees the loan to support women-owned businesses as a model for the kind of project that the U.S. plans to support to compete with China's Belt and Road initiative.

Donald Larson is running for Congress in Ohio's 9th District. He describes what it's like to run for the first time as a Republican in the year of Donald Trump.

Critics in Texas say President Biden is going against his promise to halt construction of the Trump border wall.

The case's central issue concerns whether a Guantánamo Bay detainee who has never been charged with a crime can subpoena testimony from the CIA contractors who supervised his torture.

Toy-makers are warning of emptier shelves and pricier toys this holiday season. Their supplies are ensnarled in floating traffic jams of container ships wallowing near key U.S. ports.

On Wednesday, YouTube announced it is expanding its ban on vaccine misinformation and deplatformed two prominent anti-vaccine advocates.

The Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in college admissions Thursday in a 4-3 ruling on the University of Texas' use of race as a factor in a program to increase diversity in the student body.

More than a dozen former NBA players have been charged with defrauding a NBA health care fund out of nearly $4 million according to an indictment unsealed in federal court in New York on Thursday.

Runaway prices pose a great risk to the economy. People are paying more for everything from meat to rent and gasoline. Reasons include snarls in the global supply chain and lack of workers.

The agreement came as a paradigm shift after the U.N. and humanitarian groups criticized the relocation, saying the island is regularly submerged by monsoon rains and was not fit for habitation.

A former U.S. Navy engineer and his wife are due in federal court Tuesday. The Justice Department accuses them of trying to share secrets about nuclear submarine technology with another country.

Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo, a star in law enforcement circles, appears to be out of a job after six months. He's had a rocky tenure, clashing with city leaders who he says are meddling.

Halloween is two weeks away. With popular costumes sold out or on back order, there's a chance you'll have to make your own. Here are some tips on how to get started.

Chicago's female lifeguards had hoped their #MeToo moment had come, after decades of alleged sexual misconduct by supervisors at the city's beaches and pools. But an internal investigation stalled.

As Lebanon marks a year since a huge blast at the Beirut port, the sister of one of the victims is still working to pick up the pieces of her life and continue her search for justice.