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This November in California, voters will have the choice between Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra for governor. Republicans haven't won statewide in California in 20 years.

China's government said Min Zin, who heads a think tank focused on Myanmar, was detained on suspicion of engaging in "espionage and endangering Chinese national security."

The House has approved a bill to slash the time it takes for newly unionized workers to get a first contract. The measure allows for government intervention if a deal is not reached within 90 days.

"One of the most connected attributes of the human condition ... is just being flawed," The Daily Show anchor says. "We really connect with people on their faults." His new comedy special is Symphony.

NPR's Ailsa Chang chats with author Dave Eggers about his new novel Contrapposto.

Ehud Barak withdrew Israeli forces from Lebanon in 2000, ending an occupation that lasted nearly two decades. He says that was a quagmire Israel shouldn't repeat.

Friday is a deadline for the Kennedy Center to remove President Trump's name from all of its branding, including the marble front of its building in Washington, D.C.

ALISON DES FORGES (pronounced DAY-FORZSH) is a consultant to Human Rights Watch Africa. Last month, the Rwandan Patriotic Army opened fire at a refugee camp. Human Rights Watch says 2000 people were killed. Des Forges visited the camp following the massacre. DES FORGES is also the Co-Chair of the International Commission on Human Rights Abuse in Rwanda. She is a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where her specialty is the African countries of Rwanda and Burundi. (THIS CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

Spielberg's new thriller centers on a massive U.S. conspiracy to hide the fact that aliens have been visiting Earth for decades. If anything, though, the movie's pleasures feel more retro than timely.

World Cup fever is hitting Canada ahead of kickoff Thursday. With soaring ticket prices and growing questions off the pitch, will passion for the game last?

Critic MILO MILES recently attended the Further Festival near Boston, a reunion of Grateful Dead band members, their colleagues and their fans.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks former State Department advisor and negotiator Aaron David Miller about peace talks and Iran's strategic options following President Trump's announcement that a deal is close.