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NPR's David Greene speaks with Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about President Trump's criticism of the agency's school reopening guidelines.

Yellow stunned the trucking industry when it filed for bankruptcy this month. A specific type of loan, the debtor in possession financing, promises some rich returns to the lender in this case.

Ohioans vote Tuesday on whether to make it more difficult to pass future amendments to the state constitution. It's an attempt to keep an abortion access amendment from passing this fall.

More than 230 active wildfires are burning in Canada's Northwest Territories, including one outside the capital of Yellowknife, forcing 20,000 residents to flee.

The record-breaking heat in the Southwest has killed some of Arizona's famous saguaros. Scientists are looking for ways to ensure the cactus can survive in a warming climate.

A federal appeals court this week will hear arguments in a fight about a 2022 Florida law that placed restrictions on how race-related issues can be addressed in workplace training --- part of what Gov. Ron DeSantis dubbed the "Stop WOKE Act."

The company says its factory near Rocky Mount, North Carolina, makes nearly 25% of Pfizer's sterile injectable medicines used in U.S. hospitals.

The longest-serving senator in U.S. history has died. West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd died Monday in a Washington-area hospital at age 92. Ross Baker, a political science professor at Rutgers University, talks with Mary Louise Kelly about Byrd's legacy in the Senate and across his home state.

As a candidate in 2007, Barack Obama outlined his plan to overhaul the nation's health care system in a speech in Iowa City. He promised to sign a comprehensive bill into law in his first term. President Obama returned to Iowa City on Thursday to celebrate the health care law he signed this week.

Washington, D.C.'s H.D. Woodson High School has a new coach for its boys varsity football team: Her name is Natalie Randolph. Randolph could be the only female high school varsity football coach in the country. She discusses her new job.

It seems a bit early for anti-incumbent fever as Iraq's democratic tradition is only a few years old. But the one lesson drawn from provincial elections last year was that Iraqis like to vote out sitting officials, including possibly the prime minister.

In an address to the U.S. Congress, Israel's president emphasized the close ties between the two countries, even as some progressive Democrats boycotted the speech.

Susannah George of The Associated Press has details on the bombing in Baghdad, Iraq that left at least 121 people dead Sunday. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility.

The grand jurors who may be asked to indict former President Donald Trump in Georgia have officially been seated. We check in on the status of the investigation in Fulton County.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Bonnie Docherty, senior arms researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the group's call for a pre-emptive ban on fully autonomous weapons.

For many women, military service can be starkly different than it is for their male counterparts. As the military prepares to open combat roles to women, two longtime soldiers share their stories.

The ASALH conference runs from Sept 20-24 with a focus on Black resistance and the teaching of Black history.

It's Labor Day in the U.S. Striking writers and actors have brought Hollywood to a standstill. There's widespread support for unions, especially among Gen Z, yet membership is at an all-time low.

Florida continues to pour millions of dollars in federal funds into communities that lack strong internet infrastructure, but that doesn't mean it's accessible to the people who live there. Cheri Coryea, with the Patterson Foundation’s Digital Access for All Initiative, is working to change that.

A panel of three federal judges has struck down Alabama's latest map of congressional election districts for not following a court order to comply with the landmark Voting Rights Act.

President Biden often talks about being the most pro-labor, pro-worker president in history. How are workers doing under his administration?

The enterprising beach bum's Broadway play opens this month. It may be a jukebox musical, but for Parrotheads, it offers a welcomed escape.

Residents of St. Helena Island in South Carolina aim to keep a golf course from being developed. They want to protect the culture of the Gullah Geechee people who live there.

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said he has ordered a comprehensive review to understand the actions taken before, during and after last week's wildfires on Maui.

Commissioner Manny Diaz, the man responsible for overseeing the standards, had previously RSVPed but then didn't show up.