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It’s been getting safer for passengers to hop aboard a BART train.

Fueled by the worst economic crisis in decades, Bolivians are voting for a new president and Congress, which is heading for a runoff between a centrist and far-right candidate later this year.

To save the lives of infants and small kids in lower resource countries, there are a handful of tools: anti-malarial drugs, bed nets and vaccines. A massive experiment in rural Kenya suggests another.

A motel in Oakland's Temescal neighborhood is slated to be converted to housing for homeless people thanks in part to a seven-million dollar state grant.

Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington, says Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is "not following the science," like he said he would during his confirmation hearings earlier this year.

After deadly Minneapolis mass shooting, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison push for federal, state and local gun reform.

Today is Lighthouse Day!

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, was taken into ICE custody Monday after an immigration check-in. A judge later ruled he cannot be deported for now.

New York Times reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg discusses how Kennedy's cuts to government staff and expert groups will impact everyday Americans. A vaccine skeptic, he fired the CDC director last week.

Health departments struggle to adequately survey for ticks to warn doctors about new species and the diseases they carry.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with soul singer KIRBY about her new album, Miss Black America, and how her Mississippi roots have shaped her music.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with business owner Ron Ladner about the community he invested in after Hurricane Katrina devasted the town of Pass Christian, on the Mississippi waterfront.