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Mexico's president has ordered the release of potentially thousands of prisoners from federal custody. Among the reasons for the early release is that some prisoners were tortured.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., about the progress and future of the stalled police reform bill that has been sitting in the Senate since March.

Ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager in the 1970s. He's the highest-ranking Roman Catholic official to face criminal charges for sexual abuse in the U.S.

President Biden likes to spend his weekends in Delaware, at his Wilmington home or Rehoboth beach house. Almost anywhere but the White House, where he says it's "hard to get comfortable."

People are doing it. They're telling lies to get shots that have not been authorized. What are the medical, practical and ethical implications?

The dacha — a Russian summer home that can be anything from a shack to an oligarch's faux chateau — is both an escape from the city and a state of mind that permeates the country's life and culture.

When his friends started to get sick after a week of parties, Michael Donnelly started keeping track. His work — and his community's willingness to help — led the CDC to a major pandemic discovery.

As summer festivals and massive concerts returned this month amid the promise of "hot vax summer," the surge in the delta variant has disrupted plans for carefree live music.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Filipe Ribeiro, the Afghanistan representative for Doctors Without Borders, about the escalating violence in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan.

Karate made its debut at the Tokyo Olympics. It's a sport that traces its roots to Japan and karate experts (and fans) across Tokyo have cheered its inclusion at the Games.