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NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Harry Litman, a law professor and former DOJ official, about the upcoming hearings from the committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Italian and Catholic media have been rife with unsourced speculation that the 85-year-old Francis might be planning to follow in his predecessor's footsteps and step down as pope.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with author Leila Mottley about her new novel, Nightcrawling, about a young Black woman in Oakland, Calif., who turns to prostitution to support herself and her family.

Nearly half of college students who take out loans for school don't finish within six years. Isabelle Praget is struggling with this kind of debt, and she speaks with Ayesha Rascoe about it.

TV stations in North Carolina have pulled controversial ads targeting Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Cheri Beasley.

Tropical Storm Alex is heading toward Bermuda after dumping rain on parts of Florida. Alex reached tropical storm force after strengthening early Sunday.

School police officers are trained in the best practices for stopping an active shooter. The law requires it, and there's money to pay for it. And yet, that training seems to have failed in Uvalde.

In a rare journey down the length of the Indus River, a filmmaker and environmental activists survey damage done to Pakistan's main water artery and meet the people who live on its ancient banks.

To kick off summer, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe and Felix Contreras, host of Alt.Latino, discuss an album by Cuba musician X Alfonso.

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Afoma Umesi, who blogs about middle grade reading, about what new books may keep kids reading this summer.