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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with reporter Amy Alexander about covering the LA riots, and Errin Whack of The Associated Press about how the media covers race now and what's changed in 25 years.

Patrick Bringley found solace and healing while working as a guard at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Bringley about his book, "All the Beauty in the World."

NPR National Correspondent John Burnett is retiring after 36 years at the network. During that time, he's covered wars, hurricanes, religion and most recently a divided America.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to brothers Austin and Meredith Bragg about their new film, "Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game."

The four-legged creatures with digestive tracts of steel make easy work of consuming vegetation that typically fuels wildfires.

In June, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law undoing local protections that ensured breaks for laborers who spend their days in scorching heat. The law takes effect Sept. 1.

Britain opted out of the euro, but it's by no means protected from the eurozone troubles. Declining demand on the continent means fewer British exports. The picture is particularly bleak in places like Hull — a port city with one of the highest rates of youth unemployment in Britain.

Israelis in the town of Sderot, just a couple miles from the Gaza Strip, recount the carnage that Hamas militants unleashed there over the weekend.

Electric automaker Rivian will hire over 550 additional full-time workers in Normal within five years as it begins production on the new R2 model — part of a $1.5 billion investment and expansion plan announced Thursday. In exchange, Rivian is set to receive $827 million in state tax breaks and other incentives over the next 30 years.

Illinois politics can be difficult to understand. But there is help to be found in the new book, Illinois Politics: A Citizens’ Guide to Power, Politics, and Government.