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States in the Northeast are hunkering down for the first major blizzard this winter. Travel bans are going into effect in at least four states from New York to Massachusetts.

Floyd Mayweather beat Manny Pacquaio Saturday in a unanimous decision in what was considered the highest-grossing boxing match in history.

The Republicans could use the vice presidential slot to appeal to Hispanics. Meanwhile, President Obama used his weekly address to focus on the high cost of student loans.

The 13th Annual U.S. Sumo Open took place over the weekend, bringing contestants from around the country and even the world. Some don't fit the traditional Sumo profile as amateur Sumo becomes increasingly diverse.

NPR has the latest on the attacks in Paris that have left up to 60 people dead. We revisit the Charlie Hebdo attack in January and the similarities to today's events.

Kyle Mangieri teaches 7th grade social studies in Fairfield, Ct. On Friday, he found out about the school shooting while he was at work. Mangieri lives very close to Sandy Hook Elementary School. He goes back to his classroom on Monday while deciding what to tell his students.

Turkey's president insists an aging Islamic scholar exiled in Pennsylvania was behind the coup attempt in Turkey. Fethullah Gulen has a large following in Turkey and among Turks around the world.

The talks between CIA Director William Burns and Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar come as an Aug. 31 deadline looms for the end of the U.S. airlift and withdrawal of U.S. forces.

Scott Simon talks with Democratic Illinois congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi about Afghanistan, and what he wants the Biden Administration to do about the humanitarian crisis there.

About 148,000 school employees, and contractors who work in schools, will have to have at least a first dose by Sept. 27. At least 63% of all school employees already have been vaccinated.

Two scholars at Stanford have joined forces to recreate what a Christian choir might have sounded like inside Istanbul's Hagia Sophia before it became a mosque in the 1400s.

Protests by indigenous peoples against a planned gas pipeline have shut down rail traffic across eastern Canada, causing chaos for shippers and travelers.

The House Ethics Committee is undoing a recent change to its annual financial disclosure form that deleted information about free trips members have taken. Members had explained the change as a way to streamline paperwork, particularly when more detailed information is available elsewhere. They decided the bad publicity wasn't worth the trouble.

The suicide last year of a well-known Egyptian activist shocked Cairo and highlighted the hopelessness of many amid the country's turmoil and stagnation.

Peabody Coal, one of the largest coal producers in the world, is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. It would be the latest in a string of major coal companies going under. But drive through Wyoming's Powder River Basin, where 40 percent of U.S. coal is mined, and it's as if nothing has changed, even at sites owned by bankrupt companies.

The offshore revelations from the Panama Papers come in the midst of U.S. tax filing season. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author and tax journalist David Cay Johnston about how else wealthy people avoid paying taxes.

Google announced the name of its new parent company on Monday, Alphabet. NPR's Melissa Block talks with the owner of the Twitter handle, @alphabet, Chris Andrikanich, about the Twitter.

Nationally ranked college debaters from the College of William and Mary graded the five Democratic candidates on style, form and presence.

Most of us have had that moment of hitting "send" on a text and immediately wishing we could take it back. Of course there's an app for that, but that technical solution also has its issues.

Travelers will find gasoline prices are down considerably from last Thanksgiving. But consumer confidence is slumping too. So AAA, the auto club, says it expects to see a dip in holiday travel, compared with 2012.

The U.S. is now the world's largest oil producer, and some worry that falling prices could mean an industry slowdown. But with production costs also falling, drillers are unlikely to cut back soon.

Gunn, the mentor to young designers on Project Runway, has been a teacher and educator for decades. But he spent his childhood "absolutely hating, hating, hating, hating school," he says.

California lawmakers are weighing a first-of-its-kind legislation, which would give warehouse workers new power to fight speed quotas. The Assembly has passed the bill, and a Senate vote is imminent.

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is favored to beat a recall attempt and keep his office. Still, some Republicans are already setting the stage to blame a loss on voter fraud.

A study out Monday found that Hispanic and nonwhite workers made up 73% of cases associated with workplace outbreaks in certain industries, despite representing 24% of the workforce in those sectors.