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California Gov. Gavin Newsom defeated a Republican effort to recall him. It appears his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic was the No. 1 issue for voters. Newsom said he was humbled by the results.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports. At the end of President Clinton's trip that covered Portugal, Germany, and now Russia, he gave the first speech by a US president to the Duma, Russia's Lower House of Parliament, and he met with former president Boris Yeltsin.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on how many U.S. math teachers are turning to Singaporean textbooks. Unlike most American math texts, the books from Singapore use the metric system, plenty of sample problems, and step-by-step instructions. Teachers say the books help students grasp mathematical concepts better and faster.

Batting slumps can be all too common in professional baseball, as many frustrated players from the Aberdeen Arsenal have discovered. In the fourth of a series of summer commentaries about this new minor league team, NPR's Neal Conan talks about the physical and psychological forces behind a batting slump.

Susan talks with Talcott Seelye, a former U.S. ambassador to Syria, for a diplomat's view of the late Hafez Assad.

France has refused to join a newly formed community of democracies, stunning participants from 107 other countries at a conference in Warsaw, Poland. Robert talks to Fareed Zakaria, Managing Editor Foreign Affairs magazine, about the French position.

What does an elementary school classroom look like right now? Photojournalist Natosha Via spent the day with one Louisville music teacher as she adjusted masks and sanitized xylophone mallets.

Reporters around California share how the recall election vote against Gov. Gavin Newsom is unfolding Tuesday night.

In a civil suit filed this week, the Justice Department accuses a New York medical analytics company of helping a Medicare Advantage plan cheat taxpayers out of millions of dollars.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Maggie Nelson, author of the new book On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint, about exploring what it means to be free in our interconnected world.