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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday. She announced she had pancreatic cancer in June.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Aspen Security Forum on a wide range of the most pressing diplomatic questions.

NPR's Music team breaks down this week's new music, plus how the impact of movie soundtracks has changed.

Director Lee Isaac Chung talks to NPR's Scott Detrow about his latest film, Twisters. He shot it on location in Oklahoma, using local extras on set who know what it’s like to face a tornado.

A joint investigation by NPR, Texas Public Radio and the program 1A finds that more than 250 workers have died in trench cave-ins over the last decade. Deaths that were preventable, experts say.

Much of Israel’s commercial capital Tel Aviv has returned to business-as-usual. But this sense of normality was shattered in a deadly predawn explosion Friday that rocked the city’s oceanfront.

Netflix says it will no longer offer its basic plan for U.S. and French subscribers, which had already been phased out of other markets.

It's a big weekend for women's basketball. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sabreena Merchant, who covers women's basketball for The Athletic, about the upcoming WNBA-All Star game.

One of the biggest IT outages ever caused mayhem around the world today, hobbling airlines, businesses and government agencies. A faulty update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike is to blame.

Looking for new podcasts to get you through that 14-hour layover? The NPR One team has you covered with recommendations from the summer's hottest releases across public media.