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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe has been profiling members of the civil rights generation. Today, her own family's experiences in rural North Carolina where a Black man's 1970 murder spurred change.

Congress is back for a lame-duck session as midterm results are being decided. A Democrat defeats an election denier in Arizona's governor race. Tales of Russian occupation emerge from Kherson.

Financial markets are on edge over troubles at Credit Suisse. The Biden administration is demanding that TikTok be sold. New CDC data show the maternal mortality rate jumped over 40% in 2021.

Financial markets are on edge over troubles at Credit Suisse. The Biden administration is demanding that TikTok be sold. New CDC data show the maternal mortality rate jumped over 40% in 2021.

Peak hurricane season typically lasts from August to October. Gerry Bell, lead seasonal hurricane forecaster for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, explains the climate patterns and ocean temperatures that lead to hurricanes, and offers advice on how to prepare for storms before they hit.

When migrants from Latin America were flown from Texas and dropped off in Sacramento with nowhere to go, a group of congregations came together to care for them.

Burkina Faso has fallen into conflict and chaos but humanitarian aid for the displaced hasn't kept up. The Norwegian Refugee Council calls it the most neglected displacement crisis.

The decision reverses decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices.

The new year is less than a week away, and it's good time to look back over the past political headlines from 2017. And, a suicide bomber blew himself up near the Afghan Intelligence Agency in Kabul.

We asked: How have you coped with extreme heat when there was no air-conditioning? Here's a sampling of tips along with advice from heat wave researcher Gulrez Shah Azhar, who grew up in India's heat.