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Lesley M.M. Blume's new book tells the story of John Hersey, the young journalist whose on-the-ground reporting in Hiroshima, Japan, exposed the world to the devastation of nuclear weapons.

Heavy seasonal rainfall has caused the worst flooding in decades across China's interior, forcing officials at the Three Gorges Dam to open all 10 spillways for the first time since it was built.

The economic toll of the pandemic has led to the loss of nearly a quarter million jobs for child care providers, nearly all of whom are women and disproportionately Black or Latina.

Callie Evans and Audri Williams rap about online learning and the COVID-19 pandemic from the empty halls of Monroe Comprehensive High School, backed up by mask-wearing, move-busting cheerleaders.

Kamala Harris used her prime-time speech to introduce herself and excoriate President Trump. Former President Barack Obama launched a rare attack on his successor. And Democrats urged people to vote.

NPR's David Greene talks to married couple Connie Liu and Chris Hoover, doctors in New Mexico, where many patients are from indigenous communities, about worries that shape political choices.

Nominated alongside the prime minister and the country's health director is Mittens. The cat roams Wellington and has become a celebrity of sorts. Mittens already has a key to the city.

The children are held at hotels, instead of shelters, until they can be put on planes to their home countries. This bypasses the normal process that gives children a chance to ask for asylum.

Navalny is unconscious and on a ventilator, according to his spokeswoman. The Vladimir Putin critic became ill during a commercial flight. His personal doctor wants him to be treated in Europe.

After months of keeping COVID-19 in check, and despite the public's cooperation with well-prepared health authorities, South Korea is battling a new upsurge in cases that could dwarf earlier ones.