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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh met with key red state Democrats on Wednesday. The lawmakers are up for re-election in November and under pressure to back his confirmation.

Where do Florida's gubernatorial candidates stand on school safety? The five Democrats and two Republicans in the primary agree that it's important, but they differ on the approach to school safety.

For the first time, a transgender candidate won a major party nomination for governor. Plus, a possible new chapter in the #MeToo era; education as a major theme; and high Democratic turnout.

Polish author Olga Tokarczuk's new collection is a cabinet of curiosities — surreal, loosely connected stories about the human body, about movement, about two-headed calves and saints' relics.

In its first statement on the allegations against Rep. Keith Ellison, the national Democratic Party says, "All allegations of domestic abuse are disturbing and should be taken seriously."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Reuters reporter Stefano Rellandini about the collapse of a bridge in Genoa, Italy, on Tuesday.

A toxic algae bloom is killing fish, turtles and dolphins and discouraging tourists from visiting Florida's Gulf Coast. It's not the first such event, but it is especially intense.

A pterosaur is not a dinosaur, but the oldest known powered flying vertebrates. Brigham Young University students and teachers have published the result of their findings of the oldest known fossil.

Atlanta is one of the biggest cities in the country — and it has a problem with crumbling sidewalks. Now, a group of disabled residents is suing, claiming the broken pavement violates federal law.

In Uganda, a deadly showdown between opposition supporters and members of the president's entourage ended with a leading opposition politician in detention and his driver dead.