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Coronavirus cases surge in Texas. As more young people contract COVID-19, colleges plan to welcome students back this fall. Capitol Hill lawmakers want to vote on police reform. Where do things stand?

When Lisa Cook tried to publish her research showing how segregation and racial violence held back Black innovation, she encountered obstacles. Now her work is considered groundbreaking.

When campuses reopen for the fall semester, there will be a lot of rules such as: no travel, masking and social distancing. Leaders will be relying on social contracts. But will it work?

After a decade of failure in treating Alzheimer's with drugs, the National Institutes of Health is funding a five-year effort in Seattle to learn more about how the disease starts in the brain.

NPR's David Greene talks to Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show, about Irresistible, which stars Steve Carell and Rose Byrne. Stewart wrote and directed the comedy set in the world of politics.

Nations that are heavily dependent on tourism are trying to walk a fine line between the need to reopen their beaches and resorts and the risk of importing more cases of the coronavirus.

The Red Cross says Israeli forces killed 27 people attempting to get aid in Gaza on Tuesday. An Israeli American advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that account is "not accurate."

The number of people in ICE detention has grown, and detention facilities are over capacity. So the government is intensifying its hunt for more space, and local police are playing a bigger role.

The Stanley Cup Finals start Wednesday with a rematch of the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers. NPR talks with Sean Gentille, senior writer with "The Athletic," about the series.