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While Vice President Harris called the suffering in Gaza "heartbreaking," activists say they were hoping a Palestinian American would have also been allowed to speak at the convention.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former NPR host Michele Norris, who writes in a recent column for "The Washington Post," about Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention.

Abortion rights advocates and providers are suing Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, seeking to block him from prosecuting people who help patients travel outside the state to end pregnancies.

Billions of federal dollars are aimed at mitigating health issues, such as asthma and heart disease, by turning ports away from diesel to electric.

Members of the Poison Book Project are working to identify old books that contain toxic pigments such as arsenic.

Two friends, Victoria Cruz and Carlos Villacres, remember Osvaldo Gómez, known as Ms. Colombia, who was a fixture in Jacob Riis Park in Queens. She gave free legal advice to fellow Colombians.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Republican strategist Tricia McLaughlin and Democratic strategist Katrina Gamble what were the stories their parties' conventions tried to tell -- and were they successful?

A major sticking point to reaching a deal has been a small strip of land bordering Gaza’s southernmost border with Egypt, and who will control it. The area is called the Philadelphi Corridor.

Former President Donald Trump traveled to the border wall in Cochise County, Ariz., on Thursday. It was part of a plan to pull attention away from Vice President Harris and the Democratic convention.

"Heartbreaker" was the lead single from Mariah Carey's 1999 album "Rainbow." NPR's Leila Fadel talks to music writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine about the hit's legacy.