The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August. Scientists said the heat surge is mostly due to human-caused climate change.

Trump kicks off Republican midterm convention with primetime speech, Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether to hold secretary of state in contempt, Apple unveils new foldable phone.

NPR's Michel Martin asks Maine's Democratic Governor Janet Mills about the impact of the escalating U.S.-Canada trade war on her state.

The Trump administration is making a new push to exclude millions of U.S. residents from a key census count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."

NPR accompanies UN peacekeepers behind Israeli lines as Israel expands its occupation of South Lebanon following a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

Soon after the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. launched what would become a 20-year war in Afghanistan. Some Afghans who helped the U.S. prosecute that war regret it.

One year later, Charlie Kirk's death continues to resonate deeply with young conservatives across the country -- including many on the campus of Utah Valley University where he was killed.

For nearly two minutes, one of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off a Miami runway repeatedly warned his counterpart they were going too fast, according to flight information.

The Pennsylvania Democrat has already had a strained relationship with many inside his party. In the video, he spoke about working with Trump but did not outright praise him.

Safety investigators are releasing new details about the moments before the deadly cargo plane crash in Miami on Sunday, raising questions about the actions of the two pilots.