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France vows to rebuild the fire-ravaged cathedral. The Trump administration again moves to discourage migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. Indonesians vote to elect a new president.

A police shooting sparked unrest this weekend in Chicago. There were conflicting accounts of whether the officer acted appropriately, and community leaders are calling for an investigation.

Chuck Hagel weighs in as President Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin just days after the Justice Department issued indictments against 12 Russian spies for U.S. election interference.

In the latest segment of #AskCokie, commentator Cokie Roberts answers listener questions about the history of the federal government's handling of disaster management.

After a search that included a number of well-known candidates, the board of ride-sharing giant Uber has announced its pick for CEO: Expedia's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.

Hot weather can influence cognitive performance, according to new research. Young adults living in non-air-conditioned dorms during a heat wave performed worse on math and attention tests.

The city's most recent homeless count showed that the veteran homeless population had declined 18 percent. But some advocates caution that veteran homelessness is an ever-changing dynamic.

Our Planet Money team looks back on the early days of the Internet when buying with one click seemed novel enough to warrant a patent, and how this gave Amazon an advantage.

Residents of Charlottesville, Va., are still reeling from the white nationalist rally that left one counterprotester dead. The city held a town hall meeting Sunday to try to find ways to move forward.

Michael Walter of the city of Houston's Office of Emergency Management provides an update on the city's efforts to cope with Tropical Storm Harvey.

Attorney General William Barr is instructing immigration judges to deny bond to thousands of asylum-seekers who cross into the U.S. illegally while their cases are pending. Advocates promised to sue.

Israel was already known for having lots of firearms. But since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, the Israeli government has moved to loosen gun restrictions and fast-track permits for civilians.

Lee County leaders are planning to do away with language that currently restrict heights of homes on Captiva Island to two-stories. Islanders fear the charm will be lost and they will be in harm's way as more people pack onto the island.

Every year we ask NPR staff and book critics to share their favorite titles in our annual Books We Love guide. Behind the scenes, it's fun to spot trends and see what gets nominated again and again.

Asylum seekers along the southern border are facing increasingly difficult circumstances, with many being forced to wait for processing without access to food or shelter.

Administration officials indicated Wednesday the process will continue into next year, targeting March to implement the rule, according to an updated regulatory agenda posted online.

Sanders joined Senate Republicans in blocking an aid bill for Israel and Ukraine on Wednesday. He tells NPR that Israel has the right to go to war with Hamas, but not "against the Palestinian people."

Brian Auld told Pinellas County commissioners the team will not become the St. Petersburg Rays, but will work closely with the city on a marketing plan to increase the Rays' brand awareness.

It's been nearly six weeks since a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, left 18 people dead and more than a dozen injured.

Michigan's Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on a case that could have lasting implications for the state's minimum wage and ballot initiative process.

A critic becomes an amateur detective in order to avoid becoming a murder suspect in Alexis Soloski's Here in the Dark. In The Mystery Guest, by Nita Prose, a hotel's maid has to clean up a real mess.

Research finds the systematic elimination of losing coaches by NFL teams generally leads to weaker performance among those teams in the following few years.

The artist returns to the Tiny Desk for a full circle moment of a performance.

A postindustrial small town in Nebraska. A young girl killed. A New York host who is "kind of a sociopath." It's all in the satirical news agency's take on serial audio storytelling.

Twenty-four executions have been carried out in 2023 — five more than last year, the Death Penalty Information Center says. Meanwhile, 50% of Americans say the death penalty is applied unfairly.