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NFL Player Phillip Adams Kills 5, Then Himself In South Carolina

Authorities in South Carolina say former NFL player Phillip Adams killed five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their grandchildren, before killing himself. A motive is unknown.

Remembering Vietnam War Correspondent Joe Galloway

Galloway, who died Aug. 18, was the only civilian to be awarded the medal of valor in the Vietnam War. He later co-authored We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young. Originally broadcast in 1992 and 2003.

Jailed Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Appears For Court Hearing

Putin critic Alexei Navalny was back in court on Tuesday, as protesters demand he be released. NPR's Noel King talks to international affairs professor Nina Khrushcheva, who is in Moscow.

Sinet An, who was born with a disability, is the star of Cambodia's women's wheelchair basketball team, which celebrated their first win in an international tournament just before the pandemic hit. With Cambodia in lockdown, she hones her skills in virtual practice sessions from her home in Chuuok village in Kandal province, Cambodia. The photo is from June 24.

Shoot That Invisible Ball! How A Top Wheelchair Player Keeps Up Her Game In Lockdown

Sinet An and her Cambodian basketball teammates had their first big international win in late 2019. Then came COVID. Now they practice via Zoom — and dream of their return to the court.

How New York's Vaccine Mandate Could Impact The Pandemic

NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Leana Wen, a public health professor at George Washington University and former Baltimore health commissioner, about New York's vaccine mandate for health care workers.

Texas School Administrators Go Door To Door To Bring Students Back To The Classroom

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Alejandro Delgado, enrollment director for the Austin Independent School District, about efforts to reregister students for in-person school this fall amid the pandemic.

With 2021 Off To A Rocky Start, There's At Least New Music To Listen To

Members of the NPR Music team this week have been previewing the new music out this year. Another member of the team spotlights two of the albums he's looking forward to hearing.

Transgender Woman Finds Acceptance Working As A Forest Ranger

At a time when transgender men and women are becoming far more visible in many professions, one trans woman describes coming out while working as a forest ranger in rural upstate New York.

VINCINT's Debut Album Is A Vulnerable Soundtrack For Newly Reopened Dancefloors

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with VINCINT, who's highly-anticipated debut album There Will Be Tears is simultaneously vulnerable and danceable.

Country music legend Charley Pride died on Saturday at age 86 from complications of COVID-19. Pride, who gave his final performance last month at the CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn., was the first Black performer inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Charley Pride, Country Music's First Major Black Star, Dies At 86

Pride died Saturday from complications of COVID-19 in Dallas. The baritone-voiced singer was the first Black man inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Cardinal Agostino Vallini, left, holds a relic of Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia at the age of 15. Acutis was beatified during a Mass celebrated in the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy, on Saturday.

15-Year-Old Computer Whiz Who Died In 2006 Could Become 1st Millennial Catholic Saint

Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who devoted his last years to the Catholic Church after being diagnosed with leukemia, was beatified at the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi on Saturday.

Selena Gomez on the cover of <em>Revelación</em>, her first Spanish-language EP.

Sharing Secrets With Selena: The Understated Power Of 'Revelación'

The Spanish-language EP presents a more intimate image of a pop singer who's still trying to find space for who she is and who she wants to be.

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