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The FBI and the U.S. Postal Service were investigating the origin of suspicious packages that have been sent to elections officials in more than 15 states. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Residents of India-administered Kashmir begin voting in the first regional elections in a decade. It comes years after India's government stripped away the territory's statehood.

Floods have taken lives and buried towns in eastern Europe, Nigeria and Shanghai this week. Scientists say intense precipitation is becoming more possible with human-driven climate change.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to author Richard Flanagan about what it means to live amid the horror of warfare.

A new report shows rapid development of new cancer treatment and detection is helping people live more. But more people are also getting diagnosed, and at younger ages.

Trump’s town hall in Michigan was shorter than his typical campaign rally, but he used the event to discuss everything from the failed attempts on his life to a promise to boost the auto industry.

The Arizona Supreme Court says nearly 100,000 voters will be able to cast ballots in state and local races this fall, after officials discovered a flaw in the state’s voter registration system.

On this week's "My Unsung Hero:" In 2014, Wil was being treated for major depression at an inpatient mental health program. One day, his therapist issued a challenge that renewed his sense of purpose.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Jacobs of UC Santa Barbara about how pregnancy reshapes the brain, the subject of a study out this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

The music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was arrested late Monday night in New York and indicted on federal charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.