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The Chicago City Council approved a plan to give civilians oversight of the city's police department: the result of a years-long effort to allow residents a role in how their communities are policed.

China is imposing fresh counter-sanctions on United States entities just days ahead of a visit by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman.

President Biden is headed to Germany for a meeting of the G7 with leaders of the wealthiest countries. At the top of their agenda is the war in Ukraine, now in its fifth month.

NPR's Susan Davis talks with New Yorker magazine staff writer Dexter Filkins about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his growing strength in the Republican Party.

For the occasion of its half-centennial, cultural critic and poet Hanif Abdurraqib takes the measure of Stevie Wonder's unmatchable artistic achivements in the early-to-mid '70s.

In the Texas primary, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic nominee Beto O'Rourke easily won their primaries. Attorney General Ken Paxton will head to a GOP runoff against George P. Bush.

The 6888th was the only all-female Black unit to serve overseas. Its mission was to deliver backlogged mail to American soldiers. The lack of letters from back home was hurting morale in Europe.

NPR's A Martinez talks to former player Doug Glanville, who is now a baseball analyst for Marquee Sports Network and ESPN, about Major League Baseball canceling some games after a deal wasn't reached.

In his first one-on-one interview since assuming his post in Washington, D.C., last July, Ambassador Qin Gang has an unusually blunt message for the U.S.

Some schools moved classes outdoors when the pandemic began — now it's a growing trend. There are nearly 600 outdoor and nature-based schools across the U.S. One of the newest is in western Wisconsin.