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Ledecky won her first gold in Rio and is expected to take home more. Phelps added to his Olympic record, winning his 19th gold in the 4x100 relay. Here are Sunday's highlights.

Next month, a panel is expected to tell Congress that the Pentagon should do away with its policy banning women from direct ground combat units. In reality, many already see combat.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with aviation expert William McGee about the challenges facing the nation's air traffic control system following two communication outages at Newark's airport.

DHS confirms it is implementing a reduction in force in three oversight offices as part of the effort to cut the federal workforce.

Higgins said the Trump administration ending TPS for Venezuelans in early 2025 was "reckless, dangerous, and wrong."

The Carolina Panthers have filed an appeal of their recent property tax valuation, saying that Bank of America Stadium's tax value should be slashed from…

Kids with autism who did a yoga routine at school every morning for 17 minutes behaved better, researchers at New York University found.

Shackled and dressed in khaki prison garb at a hearing in West Palm Beach, Fla., Routh also requested a jury trial. He faces four other charges, such as possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Tropical Storm Oscar disintegrated Tuesday and its remnants headed toward the Bahamas. It had earlier made landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least six people.

The Trump administration last week reversed a Biden-era decision to extend temporary protected status for Haitians residing in the U.S., which gives them legal status safe from deportation.

The Endangered Species Act has helped save hundreds of species from extinction. But climate change presents a new threat to endangered species and wildlife officials working to protect them.

The fall broadcast and streaming season begins with splashy series — from the return of Succession to the new FX miniseries about Bill Clinton's impeachment.

Officers can instantly freeze or seize the funds loaded on prepaid cards using the handheld device, and some civil liberties advocates say the machines may be abused.

NPR's Lynn Neary talks with book writers — Laura Miller of Salon.com, and blogger Mark Sarvas of The Elegant Variation — about worthy books that got overlooked by the mainstream book-review sections in 2007. Here's a rundown of their recommendations.

Stewart doesn't go easy on Diana, but there's an underlying compassion that never wavers as we follow the Princess of Wales during an especially miserable stretch of her famously unhappy marriage.

Estrangement and reconciliation in an Italian-American family: Ann Napolitano's new novel, "Hello Beautiful," is about loving each other just as we are. NPR's Scott Simon talks to her about it.

The return of Starliner has been indefinitely delayed, but NASA and Boeing say the astronauts will use the spaceship to get home — eventually.

The William S. Burroughs novella "Queer" has been transformed for the big screen. Daniel Craig plays a swaggering-yet-desperate expatriate living in Mexico City who longs for a younger man.

Mothers who serve in the Army are required to leave for war as early as four months after their babies are born. Some lawmakers and military officials say the Pentagon should expand maternity benefits as a way of keeping the best recruits.

Host Scott Simon talks about Serena Williams, and what's happening in American League baseball with regular commentator Howard Bryant, senior writer for ESPN and ESPN the magazine.