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After Gov. Ron DeSantis' controversial Florida redistricting map eliminated Rep. Al Lawson's Black voting district, he will face off against Rep. Neal Dunn, a Republican, in November.

Mohsin Hamid's How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia presents itself as a how-to manual for success in South Asia. The story of a street urchin's corrupt path to prosperity, the novel puts critic Alan Cheuse in mind of that quintessential American story of an unscrupulous striver, The Great Gatsby.

Normal Mayor Chris Koos is praising Bloomington for enacting auxiliary housing rules that allow a small second dwelling on a property.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to a Ukrainian who came to the U.S. after fleeing war in her native country, Svitlana Yavenko, and the American who is sponsoring her, Shane Little.

Deadly storms in New Zealand have the prime minister calling for changes to deal with a changing climate.

NPR's Asma Khalid speaks to Joel Rayburn, former U.S. special envoy for Syria, about the challenges with international aid deliveries to northern Syria.

For nearly three years, China used extremely strict testing and lockdown policies to keep COVID out. Then it abruptly lifted nearly all those controls as a COVID surge spread across the country.

Thousands of people across Pakistan are expected to take to the streets to protest against a video made in the U.S. that denigrates Islam. Pakistan's government unexpectedly announced Friday would be a public holiday, saying it would be a day to honor the prophet Muhammed. The government used it as an opportunity to also denounce the video, calling it blasphemy.

At least 39 migrants are dead following a fire Monday in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, just across the U.S. border. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the migrants started the fire out of despair.

How can communities keep rural traditions alive for the next generation? In Western Kansas youth rodeo is gaining in popularity.