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Louisiana's Fort Polk became Fort Johnson, the latest Army base to replace its Confederate name. It now honors a soldier who earned a Medal of Honor a century after the night that made him a hero.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, about the Senate Foreign Relations hearing on Belarus and their trip to the region.

Thousands of new migrants arriving in Chicago fled difficult situations or endured dangerous journeys. Informal support groups can provide some mental health care to ease their trauma and distress.

Federal spending is turbocharging a scramble to build more EV battery-recycling plants in the U.S. and make them more efficient and eco-friendly too.

Two cities could find themselves in a legal battle that could take years and tens of millions of dollars. We take a look at one city that did — and what others could learn from it.

One year after the #MeToo movement took off, new NPR-Ipsos polls show the nation deeply divided on the issue of sexual assault and harassment. The fissures run more along party lines than gender.

New York Times journalist Ruth Graham says many pastors are being pressured to resist vaccines and mask mandates, embrace Trump's claims about election fraud and adopt QAnon-based conspiracy theories.

Vice President Harris delivered the closing pitch in her campaign yesterday, reaching out to undecided voters in swing states. And, a look at whether Trump's mass deportation plan is feasible.

The two head coaches left different but enduring legacies at the school. The hall’s 11th class also includes football’s Kawika Mitchell, baseball’s Scott Hemond and basketball’s Kitija Laksa.

Denmark's foreign minister summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country for talks after the main national broadcaster reported that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland.

Mitt Romney's tax returns show he pays an effective rate of just under 15 percent. His father, George, paid two to three times that rate. What one family's changing tax burden reveals about the design of the American tax code.

We look at Friday night's shakeup at the Pentagon, with the announcement of more staff cuts and a change in a top leadership position.

Movie theaters were struggling even before the pandemic. Scott Simon talks with reporter Matt Belloni about whether a blockbuster like the 'Top Gun' sequel means theaters are back.

As the chief official White House photographer for President Obama, Souza sometimes shot more than 2,000 photos a day. "I was there all the time," he says. His new book is Obama: An Intimate Portrait.

The CDC says the guidelines were posted to its website in error. The now-deleted updates were notable because so far the agency has stopped short of saying that the virus is airborne.

Facebook's parent company has released its newest AI for free. Trump says he's a target in the Jan. 6 insurrection investigation. An Oklahoma boy finds a piranha-like fish with human-like teeth.

Maine's Secretary of State Shenna Bellows stated former President Donald Trump is not qualified to appear on the state's ballot under the 14th Amendment.

NYT's Shane Goldmacher says Trump doles out endorsements to Republican candidates to elevate allies, punish enemies and make the 'Big Lie', that the 2020 election was stolen, into a party litmus test.

A deadly storm hit the northern part of Texas late Friday night killing at least 9 people and injuring over 100. With winds topping 70 mph, power was knocked out at Dallas-Fort Worth Internatinal Airport causing flight delays and flood waters poured into Baylor University Medical Centre contaminating emergency equitpment. Member station KERA's Bill Zeeble reports.

Jacki discusses the latest events in Bosnia with NPR's Andy Bowers in Sarajevo and NPR's Sylvia Poggioli in Belgrade. Today, the top UN general in the former Yugoslavia met with the Bosnian Serb military leader. They tried, but failed, to work out an arrangement for the Serbs to withdraw their heavy weapons from Sarajevo. Meanwhile, NATO officials met in Brussels to consider whether to resume military attacks against the Serbs.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch has this profile of former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander, who has used a strong finish in the Iowa caucuses to emerge among the top three contenders to win Tuesday's New Hampshire primary. Alexander's surge in the polls has brought a new wave of media scrutiny and questions about whether Alexander's folksy, conservative image squares with his record.

In announcing her run for president, Hillary Clinton said "the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top."

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports that President Vladimir Putin is meeting with 21 Russian businessmen today in an effort to ease rising tensions caused by legal cases against big companies. The criminal tax investigations into some of Russia's top business tycoons, is making them unhappy. They accuse the government of singling them out.

Akiva Eldar, a political analyst for the newspaper Ha'aretz, joins Robert by phone from Jerusalem to talk about the Middle East peace process. A top Israeli negotiator returned today from a visit to Egypt, and signaled that Israel wants to "build on progress" made at the recent Camp David accords. Palestinians are also showing signs of flexibility in their positions, including the September 13 deadline for an independent Palestinian state.

At each Olympics, the winner of the 100 meters becomes known as the fastest man in the world. The race lasts a tad over 9 seconds, but it requires tremendous physical and mental preparation. It's not unusual for an elite sprinter to engage a scientist to analyze the biomechanics of his gait. But as NPR's Tom Goldman reports, at race time simplicity is best. Top runners say they are able to clear their minds of extraneous thoughts during their races.