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Akihito, citing failing health, becomes the first Japanese monarch in some two centuries to step down. His reign ends at midnight Tuesday, and then his son, Crown Prince Naruhito, ascends the throne.

Steve Inskeep talks to Irish columnist and author Martina Devlin about the key issue in the ongoing Brexit negotiations: the border that separates Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

U.S. and Chinese negotiators begin two days of talks Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The goal is to settle a six-month trade war.

Massive nationwide protests are planned in Venezuela Wednesday, as Venezuela officials try to block the self-declared president Juan Guaidó from leaving the country and freeze his bank accounts.

The Trump administration has started the policy of returning asylum-seekers to Mexico while they await their immigration hearings in the U.S. Several groups are challenging the new policy.

After high ratings last season, Saturday Night Live is heading to Thursday prime time. NBC is kicking off a monthlong run of weekly episodes of "Weekend Update."

Ohio police say a 5-inch-high, solid-gold, Cartier-made replica of Neil Armstrong's lunar space module was stolen from the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio, late Friday night.

The S&P 500, an exclusive index of the world's largest companies, has moved to make entry even more strict. The S&P was responding to a trend in which large companies seek to limit shareholder rights.

Carhenge in Alliance, Neb., will be prime viewing for this month's total solar eclipse. The town is preparing for thousands of visitors.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with the Brookings Institution's Natan Sachs about how Israel's possible responses to the overnight attack by hundreds of Iranian drones and missiles.