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Women in Utah became the first in America to vote under an equal suffrage law on Feb. 14, 1870. There are celebrations, but it means confronting the state's uncomfortable polygamy history, too.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to NPR Beijing correspondent Emily Feng, and Harvey Fineberg, former head of the National Academies of Medicine, about quarantine options that the U.S. may want to consider.

President Trump's tough "law and order" response to the protests over George Floyd's death has unleashed criticism from top military brass, and may even be dividing his own party.

In Lebanon's devastated capital, at least 137 people are dead and some 5,000 injured. A question looms over the stockpile of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate believed to have exploded: Why was it there?

Missouri is the second state to expand the health care program via ballot measure during the pandemic. Nearly a quarter-million people could get health insurance thanks to the measure.

More than 2,000 refugees have crossed into Iraq since Turkey began its assault on northeastern Syria last week. Aid groups are bracing for as many as 50,000 refugee arrivals.

Melting ice means ships are plowing along polar lanes, so Rune Rafaelsen wants Chinese investors to help turn the small town of Kirkenes into a major logistics hub. But doubters abound.

In 2015, Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz welcomed presidential candidate Donald Trump to Texas to discuss border policy. Rachel Martin talks to Saenz about what has changed since Trump became president.

The noted Iraqi archaeologist died Jan. 18 in Jordan. She helped restore Iraq's national museum after it was looted in 2003 and specialized in the study of ancient cylinder seals.

Mobs in India are lynching minorities. Many accuse the Hindu nationalist government of failing to forcefully condemn the violence. Activists have launched a hate crimes hotline in 100 Indian cities.