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Heads of state from well over 100 countries came to New York City this week to find ways to slow climate change. The summit is a dry run for a meeting next year to draft a treaty on global warming.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Sheriff Chris Davis of Humphreys County, Tenn., about the flash flooding that ravaged parts of the state over the weekend. Nearly two dozen people died.

An entrepreneur has launched a bank-free home ownership program. He's using his own contractors to get the houses up to code, and a rent-to-own program to get buyers into their houses.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with photojournalist Ayman Oghanna about the Iraqi army's operation to recapture Ramadi from ISIS. He filmed a documentary about Ramadi for Vice News called Retaking Ramadi from the Islamic State: The Battle for Iraq.

A gunman fired on people gathered for a peaceful march to protest two recent police shootings of black men Thursday night, killing five Dallas law enforcement officers and wounding others.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña about how medical professionals and EMTs are struggling to keep up with a surge of seriously-ill COVID patients.

In cities around Brazil, Bolsonaro supporters demonstrated against those who oppose the far-right president. The intensity of the protests have some Brazilians worried about their country's future.

We turn to New York City, where services marking the moment that first airplane, American Airlines Flight 11, crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

When the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was captured by Sunni militants, 40 Indian construction workers were taken hostage. It's one of the first diplomatic challenges for the new government in India, which sees millions of migrant workers move abroad and send some $70 billion back home to family.

New York City public school students are going back to school Monday, but parents and educators are bracing themselves as COVID-19 infections continue to rise among children.