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It's already been a historic Games and it's not over yet.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Debra Katz, an attorney representing Charlotte Bennett who is a former executive assistant of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

President Obama called for a greater focus on Asia to prepare for the challenges of the 21st century. A decade later, Obama's vice president, now President Biden, seems intent on making it happen.

Francis Collins has served longer than any other director of the National Institutes of Health since 1971. He tells NPR he did not anticipate the culture wars taking over scientific fact.

Mark Green, the top U.S. aid official, visited Raqqa Monday with CENTCOM Commander Joseph L. Votel. The U.S., which backs rebel forces, has given $875 million in "stabilization" aid to Syria.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks to NPR's Rachel Martin about Mike Pompeo's hearings, missile strikes in Syria and other top foreign policy issues.

Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement Thursday. President Biden says he hasn't decided who will fill the vacancy, but says he will keep his promise to name a Black woman to the bench.

Poitier was the first Black actor to win a Best Actor Oscar, for 1963's Lilies of the Field. His good looks and smooth, commanding presence made him an icon to generations of moviegoers.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Isabelle Leighton of the Donors of Color Network, which has secured $100 million in pledges to fund environmental justice initiatives centered on communities color.

Melissa Block talks to Bennett Roth of the Houston Chronicle about Texas State Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen. Roth is working on a profile of Owen. She is "an exceptional jurist," according to one former colleague. But a group opposed to her nomination to the federal bench calls Owen "an extremist jurist even by Texas standards."