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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pennsylvania's top elections official, Al Schmidt, about how the commonwealth is preparing for the Election Day vote count.

Townhalls in two very different districts — a safe red seat in Missouri and a competitive blue seat in Ohio — offer a window into the issues that could help decide next year's midterm elections.

This summer, Kenyan artists came to Washington, D.C., for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Some of them make their living by turning trash into sculptures, jewelry and igloos.

Gov. JB Pritzker is preparing for Thursday’s House hearing on Illinois immigration policies with the help of Dana Remus, former White House counsel to President Biden. The governor can’t afford any missteps.

Gov. Ivey replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book that Ivey said teaches "woke concepts" because of language about inclusion and structural racism.

In the immortalized-by-meme words of Usher: Watch this.

The Kirkus Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the U.S. This year's winners are Ariel Aberg-Riger, Héctor Tobar and James McBride.

The Ukrainian hacktivists wrote in a blog post — posted on their own site — that they would be sharing data obtained from the Russian bank hack with investigative journalists.

A hot, dry summer has meant the water level on the Rhine River, Western Europe's most important waterway, is at a record low, making it too shallow for many ships to pass.

Ismail Haniyeh, who was the Palestinian group’s political leader, was in the Iranian capital for the inauguration of Iran’s new president. Hamas blamed his assassination on Israel.