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U.S. Secretary of State Blinken aims to bolster Gaza cease-fire. Belarus faces sanctions for forcing airliner to land. A year after George Floyd's death, President Biden to meet with Floyd's family.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Annika Silva-Leander, the lead writer of the International IDEA's report that designated the U.S as a "backsliding democracy."

The Oscar-winning singer-actress died at her home in Florida, according to her publicist. Cara was behind some of the most era-defining pop anthems of the early '80s.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Artem Chapeye, author of the book The Ukraine, who is currently serving as a private in the army fighting for Ukraine.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with New York City's health commissioner, Ashwin Vasan, about the city's response to the monkeypox outbreak.

A decade ago, Michigan had high rates of parents not vaccinating their children, so it required them to attend an in-person education class to get an exemption. It worked — until things got ugly.

The pilot project's technology can break down PFAS in biosolids while also converting those biosolids into energy.

Hundreds of tickets are still available for the U.S. and Canada opening matches for the World Cup on Friday. Even more are available in resale platforms — many at below face value.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda concerns public health officials because of its size and because there have been so many cuts in global health.

Three victims are dead, as well as two suspected shooters after a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.

The fiber craze is pushing more people into the broad world of beans, as the U.S. bean industry looks to double American consumption of pulses by 2030.

A Missouri resident was deported earlier this year to the Netherlands, a country he left when he was 5 years old. Now he's learning the language and trying to make a new life.

Smith College is one of the largest women's colleges in the country. This week, the Trump administration announced it is investigating the school's practice of admitting trans women.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is promoting new initiatives to wean people off of antidepressants like Zoloft and Prozac. Psychiatrists are urging caution before changing any medication.

Despite widespread support in polls for legalizing aid in dying, the number of people who go through with the practice remains very small.

The musical "Passing Strange" opens Thursday and runs through Sunday. It will repeat the four-date series June 18-21.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sophy Romvari about her first feature-length film, Blue Heron, and the ways memory can change and be changed by time and the artistic process.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with The 19th's Orion Rummer about a grand jury subpoena for the medical records of young patients receiving gender affirming care at a New York hospital.

Louisiana's crawfish industry is upended because processing plants can't get guest-worker visas for its seasonal workforce.

Chinese-made EVs that are not currently legally sold in the U.S. are making their way across the border anyway, says Wall Street Journal reporter Ryan Felton, who recently covered a rise in interest in the vehicles.

Israeli authorities are issuing Palestinians demolition orders in East Jerusalem at an accelerated rate since Israel launched war with Iran, human rights groups and U.N. experts say.

Professor Eloise Marais from the University College London talks about her research on pollution from satellites and its impact on earth's climate.

Thousands of Chinese-born Uyghur fighters fled China to fight in the Syrian civil war. They say generations of political persecution in China motivated them to take up arms.

Israeli settlers continue to push Palestinians from their homes and land where many have lived for generations. In East Jerusalem, the government uses archaeological claims to justify its orders.

Usually, 2/3 of U.S. ambassadors come from the career foreign service. But the Trump administration has named mostly political ambassadors, leaving senior career diplomats with few prospects.