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Western brands are paying less for clothes manufactured in Bangladesh. Workers hope recent political changes in the country will lead to improvements in their conditions.

Fans took over last night's US Open match in New York in a way that is uncommon for tennis. Matthew Futterman from the Athletic spoke to NPR's Ailsa Chang about changes in tennis etiquette.

A new women's professional rugby league kicked off this spring with half a dozen teams. The U.S. women won their first Olympic rugby medal last summer, and the league has its eyes on the World Cup.

Sir Nicholas Winton died Wednesday at age 106. He organized the escape of 669 mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia before WWII. NPR's Eric Westervelt speaks with an escapee, Alice Masters.

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook intends to file a lawsuit after President Trump said she should be immediately removed from her position.

The Old Fiddler's Convention draws thousands of bluegrass and old-time music fans to Galax, Va., where mostly amateur performers compete over six days for prize money.

U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs in August, according to a report from the Labor Department, while revised figures showed a net loss of jobs in June for the first time since 2020.

The latest jobs report shows some bright spots for Buncombe County in the long recovery from Hurricane Helene.

There have been protests and murder charges lodged against fired deputy sheriff who fatally shot an Illinois woman who had called 911 for help. A video tape of the shooting was released Monday.

Israel's Security Cabinet approved a proposal early Friday for the military to expand the war in Gaza and take control of Gaza City, one of the last areas of the territory not yet under full military occupation.