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Vice President Kamala Harris needs to choose a running mate by August 7th. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with journalists Jonathan Tamari, Ronald Hansen and Colin Campbell about Harris' options.

Iran remains on the sidelines as Israel-Hezbollah fight intensifies. Government watchdog sheds light on FAFSA fiasco. Missouri executes Marcellus Williams for 1998 murder he said he didn’t commit.

As climate change increases the intensity of wildfires, experts are struggling to prepare vulnerable communities for potential catastrophes. One new approach is a community-wide board game that tests resilience.

Heavy rain in south Florida this week saturated the field where the U.S. cricket team had been scheduled to play a Friday match. Officials called it off, automatically sending the U.S. to the next stage.

Gen Z is widely considered by pollsters to be a target constituency for both the Biden and Trump campaigns. We'll hear from two voices representing the voting group -- but from different sides.

In July, a new state law in California will require businesses to disclose all costs up front — a ban on so-called “junk fees” on everything from hotel rooms, to concert tickets, to restaurant food. Restaurants in particular are saying this will hurt their business.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Christian Figueroa who, at 19, became a first-time delegate from California at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

More than 165,000 Haitians have fled their homes amid a surge in gang violence with nowhere to turn in the capital of nearly three million people.

State lawmakers and Governor Gavin Newsom are trying to decide how to close a budget deficit as high as $73 billion this year.

What can the lives of animals teach us about consciousness and the mind?

Firefighters made progress Saturday against California's largest wildfire of the year ahead of expected thunderstorms that could unleash fire-starting lightning and erratic winds.

The broadcaster was hailed as the father of the modern audience-participation daytime talk show. Donahue's taste for controversial and polarizing subjects birthed a new genre of television.