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Chaos At NYC's Rikers Island Sparks Calls For Reforms

A series of reforms are being proposed for Rikers Island jail in New York, which has been rocked by deaths, violence and reports of unsanitary conditions.

BTS sang (on a video viewed by more than 1 million). And they spoke. Left to right: Taehyung/V, Suga and Jin of the South Korean boy band at the launch of the U.N. General Assembly's 76th session on Sept. 20.

BTS Spoke At The UNGA. And That's Not The Only Surprise At The U.N. Event

The appearance of the popular boy band from South Korea is one of many unexpected moments at the U.N. General Assembly — everything from a U.N. TikTok to a groundbreaking food summit.

'The Contrarian' Profiles Peter Thiel, PayPal Co-Founder And Political Provocateur

Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Max Chafkin talks about the tech billionaire who broke with most of Silicon Valley in backing Trump. Thiel also secretly funded the lawsuit that bankrupted Gawker.

Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB spy and author of the book "Blowing Up Russia: Terror From Within," is shown here in 2002, four years before he was poisoned.

Russia Fatally Poisoned A Prominent Defector In London, A Court Concludes

Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence officer, died in London weeks after drinking tea that was later found to have been laced with the deadly radioactive compound polonium-210.

News Brief: Biden's U.N. Speech, Texas Abortion Lawsuits, Debt Politics

President Biden will address the U.N. General Assembly. A Texas doctor faces lawsuits for performing an abortion in defiance of a new law. Democrats pair spending bill with raising the debt ceiling.

This photo made available by the Library of Congress shows a demonstration at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington during the influenza pandemic of 1918.

COVID-19 Has Now Killed About As Many Americans As The 1918-19 Flu

Before COVID-19, the 1918-19 flu was universally considered the worst pandemic disease in human history. Whether the current scourge ultimately proves deadlier is unclear.

Sayyid Ali Hussaini (center), his wife Mahbube and daughter Elisa sit together in the Turkish city of Trabzon. Originally from the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif, the family fled Taliban advances over the summer and arrived in Turkey last month.

His Family Fled Afghanistan. In Turkey, Other Afghans Help Them Build A New Life

The Taliban beat him for being Hazara. He spent his life savings to smuggle his family to Turkey — climbing over its border wall — to find a community of Afghans that helps each other get settled.

LISTEN: Series Of Three Public Hearings About New Proposed Political Boundaries Begins Monday

IPR Morning Edition host Clay Masters talks to IPR State Government Reporter Katarina Sostaric about the first set of redistricting maps drawn by the Legislative Services Agency.

America Is Divided. Evan Osnos' 'Wildland' Looks At How That Happened

Osnos' new book focuses on coal country in West Virginia; hedge fund culture in Greenwich, Conn.; institutional racism in Chicago and why Democrat Joe Manchin holds remarkable sway in the Senate.

Dr. Scott Harris, Alabama's State Health Officer, discusses his state's vaccination data on June 29, 2021, in Montgomery, Alabama. He said last week that the state saw more deaths than births in 2020, for the first time in more than a century.

There Were More Deaths Than Births In Alabama Last Year, A Grim First For The State

Alabama's top health official says the state has "literally shrunk." According to preliminary data, it saw 64,714 total deaths and 57,641 births in 2020.

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