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U.S. Episcopalians elect a woman to head the more than 2-million-member denomination. Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada is the first female bishop to head the national churches in the worldwide Anglican Communion.

The U.S. military is making a fresh attempt to take control of Ramadi, Iraq's largest Sunni Arab city. Philip Reeves has been on patrol with U.S. forces in Ramadi, Iraq, a stronghold of the Iraqi insurgency. The Marines now control the center of the town, but not much else.

NPR special Africa corresondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks about Liberia's recruitment of women for its army and the impact of Chinese investment in the African economy.

Farai Chideya explores proposals to ban gay marriage, and how the legal arguments for a ban resonate in African-American churches and communities with Dr. Robert Franklin, professor of social ethics at Emory University in Atlanta.

Ed Gordon examines the lack of black Americans in the advertising industry, and how that affects success in marketing to black communities. Gordon talks with Allen Pugh, executive vice-president of the advertising agency Globalhue, and Ken Smikle, founder and president of Target Market News.

A human being's sex drive may be determined in part by inherited genes. Scientists have discovered that a gene that influences personality may also affect a person's sexual desire and function. Madeleine Brand discusses the issue with Slate contributor Dr. Sydney Spiesel, a professor at Yale Medical School.

Brazil, France and South Korea picked up just about where they left off four years ago. The defending champion Brazilians got a 44th-minute goal from Kaka to beat Croatia, 1-0. The French failed to score a goal in their fourth straight Cup match, earning a 0-0 draw with Switzerland. And South Korea won over Togo, 2-1.

According to the FBI, violent crime in the United States is on the rise. Last year saw the biggest jump since the early 1990s. Criminologists say there are many possible reasons, from cutbacks in funding for federal crime-prevention programs to a greater focus on terrorism and a resurgence of gangs.

A Russian woman living in Burgundy wanted to help pet dogs of Ukraine and their human companions get to safety. She turned to a Facebook group for lovers of a famous dog breed to find them.

In Texas, the National Rifle Association meets in Houston as families in Uvalde are mourning children slain in a massacre earlier this week.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ryan Busse about how he went from being a high-level gun industry executive to an outspoken critic of the National Rifle Association.

Some lawmakers and industry analysts worry the new laws don’t deliver relief fast enough and don’t go far enough for property owners to see a difference.

Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said it was the best possible outcome given the loss of life and property in the June 2021 disaster.

Here's how community members in Uvalde are remembering, processing and reflecting — in their own words.

Vice President Harris spoke during the memorial service for Ruth Whitfield, the last of 10 Black people killed in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket to be laid to rest.

Swedish director Ruben Ostlund's class warfare comedy "Triangle of Sadness" won the Palme d'Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, giving Ostlund the prize for the second time.

The move comes just months after the district pulled the book from classrooms and libraries.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with James Densley, a professor at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota, about the lessons he learned from studying a database of mass shooters.

As Russia's war in Ukraine has dragged on, the price of wheat has skyrocketed. U.S. farmers are looking to capitalize on the crop, but drought and inflation are complicating the possibility.

A U.N. official calls for new policies across East Asia to halt the soaring production of methamphetamines.

Archaeologists at an ex-Japanese internment camp in Colorado found roses that may have been planted by people imprisoned there. These symbols of internees' resilience haven't bloomed in 80 years.

After 23 years, the British woman figured it was time for a real meal so she tried hypnotherapy. It worked. Sadler says she's looking forward "to trying curry and lots of other different foods."

More than 1,300 would-be vampires assembled to set a Guinness record. For it to count, participants had to be clothed in all-black, including a cape and have a set of those distinctive teeth.

It's meant to sound like a compliment, but the term "model minority" also masks a much more pernicious reality about life as an Asian American.

Julián Moreno is the retired pastor of a Baptist church in Uvalde. Members of the congregation gathered to remember his great-granddaugher and another girl who was killed in the shooting.