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San Francisco is one of several major cities with a sewage system which can get overwhelmed during storms. A case concerning the city's water quality violations is headed to the Supreme Court.

The "Double-Double Queen" is living up to her name early in her pro career. The Chicago Sky forward earned her seventh consecutive double-double in a win over Dallas — a league record for a rookie.

Hamas freed hostages yesterday, and is set to free more today. Israel will release more Palestinian prisoners in exchange as the pause in fighting continues.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: This Is How You Lose the Time War, GWAR covering “I’m Just Ken,” and the Tested podcast series from NPR's Embedded.

We'll hear from some voters: the partisans still dug in through all the changes, and one undecided voter who will make you scratch your head.

Beyond basic necessities, everything has a price in prison. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Marshall Project reporter Beth Schwartzapfel about the prison economy and how incarcerated people make money.

Boeing said Monday it made a “best and final offer” to striking machinists, but the workers' union said the proposal isn't good enough and there won't be a ratification vote before Boeing's deadline.

Senegal's youngest ever president has been sworn-in after a dramatic prison to presidential palace rise to power.

Photographer Diego Ibarra Sánchez accompanied mourners in southern Lebanon after Israel stepped up airstrikes that claimed the lives of civilians and Hezbollah fighters.

The Toronto Blue Jays-turned-Red Sox player is due to make Major League Baseball history on Monday when the two teams finish a June game interrupted by rain.

The WNBA star, who is six feet, nine inches, says she felt like a zoo animal in prison. "The guards would literally come open up the little peep hole, look in, and then I would hear them laughing."

Women and children are the main victims in the Israel-Hamas war, with some 16,000 killed, according to the United Nations agency promoting gender equality.