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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with New York Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, a Democrat, about the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the state's gun law.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Robin Givhan, senior critic-at-large at The Washington Post, about the rapper's actions at Paris Fashion Week.

A descendant of the commander at the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre apologized to victim descendants. Together they back legislation to rescind 20 Medals of Honor given to massacre soldiers.

Book critic Alan Cheuse reviews Gail Godwin's Queen of the Underworld. The novel takes place in Miami just after the start of the Cuban Revolution and follows a fledgling reporter as she befriends a colorful cast of Cuban exiles.

Though her singing voice was irreparably damaged in 1997, Julie Andrews' innate musicality is irrepressible. Her new book, a collection of poems, songs and lullabies, features an accompanying CD in which Andrews reads some of the verses that played an important role in her family.

Too Much Happiness, the newest collection of short stories from the master of the form, features a cast of lovers and losers, husbands and widows, scientists and woodworkers. "Is there anyone writing short fiction today in English who has more authority?" asks reviewer Alan Cheuse.

We may not get flying cars or robot maids any time soon, but physicist Michio Kaku says other inventions just as amazing are in the pipeline: imagine a working invisibility cloak, teleportation, and contact lenses that display the Internet.

A new autobiography chronicles former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's rise and fall as America's most powerful female executive. Fiorina discusses the company's controversial merger with Compaq, and HP's recent boardroom spying scandal.

Author and scholar Manning Marable dedicated much of his career to uncovering provocative new details about the life and death of Malcolm X. Marable died days before his finished biography, Malcolm X: A Life Of Reinvention, was published.

Wittman founded the FBI's Art Crime Team and has tracked down more than $225 million worth of stolen art and cultural property — including a $36 million self-portrait by Rembrandt. Wittman describes the heists in his new memoir, Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures.

In the latest book in her Mrs. Murphy mystery series, Sneaky Pie For President, author Rita Mae Brown's feline protagonist puts the mysteries aside to make a run for the White House and unify all Americans under an animal-friendly agenda.

The knish is a classic Jewish comfort food — a pillow of dough filled with savory fillings like mashed potatoes. Author Laura Silver says the New York knish is also filled with stories.

Democrat Graham Platner ended his bid last night for U.S. Senate. And, prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump has been enlisted to help get answers in the July Fourth weekend death of Nolan Wells.

Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead the FBI, may test internal guardrails, historian and J. Edgar Hoover biographer Beverly Gage tells Morning Edition.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Jerusalem Demsas of The Atlantic about where the two major presidential candidates stand on one of the most important issues facing Americans: housing costs.

President Biden pulled U.S. troops out of Afghanistan and showed no desire for other military adventures. But the unexpected wars in Ukraine and Gaza have become defining issues of his presidency.

Residents of the nation's capital say crime is a problem and they want more enforcement, but they also see Trump's takeover of the police as targeting a city run by Democrats.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with former FCC chairperson Tom Wheeler about ABC pulling Jimmy Kimmel off the air after comments on the right's reaction to the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable.

A human rights lawyer and peace negotiator Diana Buttu talks about the the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and what Trump's election will mean for U.S. involvement in agreement.

A report from the International Monetary Fund warns "the global economy is threatened with being thrown off course." European Union Commissioner Marta Kos discusses this grim economic outlook.

Schwartz takes command of a public health agency that has lost thousands of employees amid layoffs, resignations and leadership turmoil.

Iran's supreme leader is dead, but the regime endures. Iran scholar Mehrzad Boroujerdi walks through how the leadership succession could unfold.

The Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon, the country's largest active blaze, could reach full containment in October. Until then, officials say, wildfire conditions will only continue to intensify.

Florida's largest hospital is also its best, according to the annual U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals ranking announced today. Florida...