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The decision by a federal bankruptcy judge grants members of the family who own Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, sweeping protection from any liability for the opioid crisis.

NPR's Noel King talks to author Honoree Fanonne Jeffers about her new novel which explores centuries of racism and multigenerational loss. It's called: The Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois."

NPR's A Martínez talks to Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and who is an expert on federal courts, about the law that effectively ends Roe v. Wade in the state.

Inspired by iconic black and white photos, Bisa Butler has created life-size portraits of African Americans in quilts that explode with color. The exhibit is on display at Chicago's Art Institute.

NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with author Louis Edwards about his new novel: Ramadan Ramsey.

The Senate may sign off on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill. The Pentagon moves to make vaccines mandatory for service members. As Taliban fighters gain ground, what is the global community doing?

Volunteers have painted more than 150,000 red hearts on a wall along the River Thames and people stop to write messages and names of lost loved ones inside the hearts.

As Hurricane Ida makes landfall, Greg Cromer, mayor of Slidell, La., discusses the city's preparations, his biggest concerns, and his recollections of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.

Hurricane Ida hit southern Louisiana today as a powerful Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 150 mph. Officials had ordered mandatory evacuations along the coast ahead of the storm's arrival.

As the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan ends, NPR's Michel Martin talks with two former Pentagon officials about what this means for the global war on terror: Kathryn Wheelbarger and Bilal Saab.