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What's behind the trend of so-called "gray divorces," and what is it like for newly single people to seek out new relationships over the age of 50?

The arrest last summer of Mexico's most elusive drug lord set off a bloody regional war, leaving more than 1,000 dead and more than 1,000 missing. NPR reports from the state of Sinaloa.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Mayor Nan Whaley of Dayton, Ohio, on her concerns about what will happen if aid to state and local governments does not make it into the new pandemic relief package.

There is a lot to see around the Mexican capital. NPR's correspondent recommends canoeing and biking along some of Mexico City's tucked-away sites.

More than 600 Google workers have joined a union in a move that is a rarity in Silicon Valley. The group says it hopes to change both workplace culture and the company's role in society.

As the new school year begins, mixed immigration status families face heightened fears about ICE enforcement near schools, creating anxiety that extends far beyond the classroom.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the communist revolution in China. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Helen Zia, who wrote a book about the Chinese who fled the revolution.

Gustavo Petro faces fierce opposition from what he views as Colombia's deeply conservative deep state.

Travis Kelce is teaming up with activist investors in hopes of transforming the embattled theme park operator Six Flags. No word yet on a Taylor Swift-themed rollercoaster.

Champion chess player and Soviet dissident Garry Kasparov has a few thoughts about how well democracy in the U.S. is doing. He tells NPR's Scott Simon that it's not America first - it's America alone.

When the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly removed from her post this year, some Democratic lawmakers called it "a political hit job." Now that ambassador is telling her side of the story.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with new Michigan State University President Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr. about taking over the university following the Larry Nassar abuse controversy.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth about why the Army is struggling to recruit.

During his visit to Malaysia, President Trump highlighted a peace deal between Thailand and Cambodia while signaling trade goals and upcoming talks with China and Japan.

Forecasters say Melissa will unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage in Jamaica. At Category 5, the system would be the strongest hurricane to hit the island since record-keeping began in 1851.

Israel's military said the ceasefire in Gaza resumed after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight that killed 104 people, including 46 children, according to local health officials.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Drew Shade, founder of Broadway Black, about the first ever Antonyo Awards, highlighting the achievement of Black theatre artists.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to University of Maine sociology professor Amy Blackstone about the declining number of births in the U.S.

Columbia University professor and Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz warns that unchecked inequality is pushing America toward economic and political peril.

Many Millennials are either already in their 40s or about to enter a new decade of life. Are they having a midlife crisis, and if so, does that look like it has for generations past?

Despite a rise in religious doctrine from the government, a recent survey shows a dip in the portion of people identifying as religious, compared with a poll in 2008.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the soccer fandom of Pope Francis, the NFL draft and hockey's Stanley Cup playoffs.

Jose Manuel Romualdez, the Philippines' ambassador to the U.S., details how Manila handles the power struggle between Beijing and Washington.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, nearly a year after they met outside Jerusalem.

NPR's team wraps up their time in Rome by wrapping up the conclave that elected the first American pope, and looking ahead.