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Professional Golfer Paul Goydos Shoots A Rare 59 At The John Deere Classic

They have chartered a modified plane, and plan to see 9 minutes of totality.

Foreign correspondent Dexter Filkins suggests the Pakistanis might've enlisted the C.I.A.'s help to arrest a Taliban leader, so that he couldn't participant in peace talks.

According to Google, a sophisticated algorithm tells the company there are more than 129 million books in the world.

Flooding has displaced hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis, leaving many of them without shelter, or access to food and medical supplies. Punjab Province, one of the country's poorest parts, has been left in particularly bad shape.

The court overturned two rape-as-accomplice convictions against Warren Jeffs, saying the trial judge misstated the law in his jury instructions. Jeffs was charged with facilitating the rape of a 14-year-old by "marrying" her to a 19-year-old.

A federal grand jury has indicted former Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens, charging him with one count of obstruction of Congress, three counts of making false statements and two counts of perjury.

A friend and colleague passed away over the weekend, after a long battle with cancer: Carolyn Jensen Chadwick.

Wikileaks founder is confident the information released, including unreported Afghan civilian deaths, the use of heat-seeking missiles by the Taliban and reports about secret raids in Afghanistan, is genuine.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Alicia Fernandez of UC San Francisco about new figures showing a steeper decline in life expectancy for Black and Latino populations, driven largely by the pandemic.

The Chicago City Council approved a plan to give civilians oversight of the city's police department: the result of a years-long effort to allow residents a role in how their communities are policed.

Below the surface of the sprawling, modern metropolis is a different world. Archaeologists are gaining insights into the city's ancient past by examining the basements of ordinary buildings.

The delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics officially kicked off with a subdued Opening Ceremony. Devoid of fans and many athletes, the ceremony still managed to be a somewhat celebratory affair.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with CIA Director William Burns about Russia, China and what keeps him up at night.

China is imposing fresh counter-sanctions on United States entities just days ahead of a visit by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman.

A drift-prone herbicide called dicamba continues to plague the Midwest, despite promises to end the problem from the chemical's backers. A top seed industry executive now has joined dicamba's critics.

Members of an obscure Miami-Dade County board are pushing to work through the backlog in the wake of the Surfside condo collapse.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Chad Neilsen, director of infection prevention at UF Health Jacksonville, about the worst surge of COVID-19 patients his hospitals have seen yet.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis about the increase in the number of migrants crossing the border into Lithuania from Belarus.

A New York City pilot program dispatches mental health and medical care instead of police to some 911 calls. Early data shows more people accepted help and fewer people were admitted to the hospital.

After 106 years with a name many found offensive, Cleveland's baseball team will have a new moniker after this season. They will become the Guardians, a nod to a local bridge.

Gestures of protest have already begun. But exactly what's allowed under the International Olympic Committee's new rules on expression is somewhat murky.

Officials had vowed to continue the search for people among roughly 11 tons of rubble that remained until all missing persons had been recovered. Now firefighters have finished their search.

The progressive rock stations of the late 1960s were good to Scottish guitarist John Martyn. Since that time, he's been known primarily to other guitar players, having faded from the airwaves. If Martyn is known beyond the world of musicians, it's for his song "May You Never," which was recorded by Eric Clapton. Now, Martyn is making something of a comeback.

In July 1957, Buddy Holly left Texas with only one record climbing the charts. Five months later, sporting capped teeth, a sharp suit, and horn-rimmed glasses, Holly debuted live on The Ed Sullivan Show. Like Elvis Presley only a year before, Holly had made it to prime time TV.