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The New York state legislative session began with ceremonies and excitement as Democrats claimed their solid majority in the state Senate and made...

Congress is considering William Barr's nomination as U.S. Attorney General. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with George J. Terwilliger III, who served as Barr's deputy AG during the H.W. Bush administration.

David Greene talks to ESPN's Jeff Passan about Kyler Murray, a top-draft pick by baseball's Oakland A's. After a Heisman Trophy-winning year as a college quarterback, he's entered the NFL draft too.

The chancellor at the University of North Carolina announced that the rest of the Silent Sam Confederate monument is coming down. She then announced her resignation as chancellor.

Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree significantly expanding the public's right to bear firearms in the belief that this will help reduce the crime epidemic.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Nick Melvoin, vice president of the Los Angeles Unified School District board of education, about the walkout of 31,000 teachers' union members.

To really understand the plastic problem in countries like the Philippines, you have to understand how consumer goods there are packaged.

NPR's Noel King talks to Marcello Di Cintio, author of Walls: Travels Along the Barricades, about the political and cultural effects of installing barriers between nations.

Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio about whether he is considering a run for the White House in 2020. NPR political editor Domenico Montanaro weighs in on their conversation.

During the Great Recession, the state sold its capitol and other buildings in a sale-lease-back deal to raise money. Nearly a decade later, the state has a plan to reclaim the buildings.