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The Biden administration scrambles to respond as new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show overdose deaths surged to more than 100,000 fatalities.

Students, frustrated by shortages of good jobs, have demanded an end to a quota that reserved 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971.

The Republicans and the Democrats have had their say. The bad news: NPR's Ron Elving and Ken Rudin now have to have their say. This week's episode of the "It's All Politics" podcast reviews both conventions, the highs and the lows, and what if anything it all means for November.

Podcasts have been doing a great job keeping people company during the pandemic. Critic Nick Quah shares some of his favorites, including Lost Notes: 1980, Reply All, My Year in Mensaand Floodlines.

Steve Inskeep talks to Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the coronavirus threat within the ranks of the military, and guarding against a power competition with China.

Ian Eisendrath worked from the story's conception to make the music stand out and tell a story. The movie's hit song "Golden" is up for Best Original Song at this weekend's Golden Globes.

The third political appointment at the bureau in less than two months comes amid growing concerns about the Trump administration interfering with the 2020 census to benefit Republicans.

Charlotte City Council approves a framework for appointing board members to a new transit authority. The number of undocumented immigrants has grown sharply in North Carolina in recent years. Gov. Josh Stein creates a new AI Leadership Council. Fort Mill school test scores top the state charts again.

State legislators are back in session today for their first business since Tropical Storm Helene. At the top of the agenda is a disaster funding bill. Repairs are underway on badly damaged sections of I-40 near the state line with Tennessee, though an interstate travel timeline remains unclear. We fact check a number of social media claims about disaster relief efforts.

Former Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts will not challenge Mayor Vi Lyles in the Democratic primary. New Mecklenburg County Manager Michael Bryant makes changes to his top leadership team. Home prices in Charlotte slide in June. A new study explores how PFAS pollution in water can affect things downstream.

Cathy Bessant steps down as CEO of the Foundation for the Carolinas. Two top editors are leaving the Charlotte Observer. CMS will host an emergency meeting to consider modifying the academic calendar ahead of a planned May 1st rally in Raleigh and anticipated teacher absences. The Carolina Panthers select Monroe Freeling with the 19th pick in the NFL Draft.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Palestinian researcher Yousef Munayyer about Palestinian sentiment six months since the start of Israel's war on Hamas.

Correction: An earlier version of this story said fifth-graders got the questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, but a CMS official says…

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Daniel R. Russel, assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He's off to Beijing to prepare for the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue starting on Monday.

Public flagship universities are critical for low-income students because they serve as engines for upward mobility. But a new report finds they're often out of reach financially.

"Politically related prosecutions ... undermine the rule of law," George Kent said in his deposition. The transcript of his interview with impeachment investigators was released on Thursday.

Jessie Diggins, America's most successful cross country skier, raced for the final time this weekend, wrapping up her career in Lake Placid, New York.

Kathy Ruemmler, a former White House counsel to President Obama, says she will resign from Goldman Sachs after emails between her and Jeffrey Epstein showed a close relationship between the pair.

Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as Alex Honnold reached the top of the spire of the 508-meter (1,667-foot) tower, about 90 minutes after he started.

Renee Hall succeeds David Brown, who led the department through the aftermath of the ambush deaths of five officers last July. She leaves Detroit, where she has been deputy chief of police.