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At least 78 people are dead following flooding that slammed central Texas over the weekend, while a desperate search for 11 missing from a camp for girls continues.

The patriarch of a political dynasty, Bush was the last World War II vet to serve in the Oval Office. His son George W. called him "one of the greatest one-term presidents in the nation's history."

NPR's Michel Martin discusses Republican support for President Trump and the future of the Republican Party with former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with three professors from Colorado, Illinois and Georgia about their feelings on teaching this year and their colleges' reopening plans.

The final debate showed candidates far apart on issues like health care, climate change and criminal justice. Trump tried to focus on alleged corruption, but the pandemic remains 2020's central issue.

When he was appointed attorney general, William Barr inherited the Mueller probe. Since then, he has won the confidence of President Trump but Democrats view him with deep suspicion.

In her book American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers, Nancy Jo Sales looks at the pressures on teenage girls socially and sexually. She talks to David Greene about her book.

"Cancel culture" attacks are everywhere among Republicans: Marjorie Taylor Greene's defenders say the left is canceling her. Others claim they're being canceled for not standing by Donald Trump.

A growing number of schools are offering training for emotional and social skills that can benefit kids in school and throughout their life.

Charlotte Jee of the MIT Technology Review speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about some of the ideas to make the internet more welcoming to women.

Israeli politicians from the right and left and an Arab party say they've reached an agreement to form a new government that casts out Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But it's not yet a done deal.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with British author and soccer commentator Musa Okwonga about the mass boycott of social media this weekend to protest online abuse directed at players of color.

The law takes effect July 1. The governor's executive order enacts some provisions of the law more quickly to “bridge the gap between then and now,” he said.

For the past seven years, the Los Angeles-based artist has celebrated and mourned Black lives in his work. Smith's portraits are sometimes unfinished — a reflection of Black lives cut short.

For Americans with family in Israel and Gaza, the recent fighting there hit close to home. Despite the cease-fire, their fears and feelings about a conflict thousands of miles away are still raw.

Black creators on TikTok say that for years, non-black creators have risen to fame performing dances that Black influencers on the app created.

Only about 42% of 18- to 24-year-olds are fully vaccinated. Eager to reach them, the White House is calling in pop stars and trying to spread the word on TikTok.

The United States inadvertently took on a mission to democratize Afghanistan and instead undermined democracy at home, as unpopular wars tend to do.

The Valley Fire leveled hundreds of homes and businesses in the small community of Middletown, Calif. School is helping students and educators alike make it through the recovery process together.

The FBI concluded that emails discovered on the laptop of a key Hillary Clinton aide don't change an earlier conclusion: that Clinton's use of a private email server does not rise to a criminal act.

One Los Angeles school is working technology into the learning process while avoiding traditional screen-time pitfalls.

Regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and David Brooks of The New York Times, discuss the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and the GOP Senate primary in Mississippi.

Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud has been pushing for women to have a greater sphere of influence in Saudi Arabia. Her hiring of women has helped shoppers get used to seeing women working in stores.

After facing public outcry and cancelled accounts, Bank of America abandoned plans to impose a monthly five dollar fee for debit card users. Twenty-two-year-old Molly Katchpole drew in more than 300,000 signatures for her online petition drive against the bank. She speaks with host Michel Martin.

Media outlets have become so quick to feed the public feel-good stories about the singer that routine fact-checking seems to be getting overlooked, as a recently viral story shows.