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  • Winning Essay Translates Teen's Story
    Eunju Namkung's family thinks she's a broken gourd. The New York City high school senior received a top honor for her essay, "Broken Gourd" from this year's Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. In her essay, she explores her relationship with her Korean parents, who do not speak English.
  • Detroit Mayor Charged with Perjury
    Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been charged on eight counts, including perjury, after explicit text messages contradicted his sworn denials of an affair with a top aide. Kilpatrick refuses to step down and says he expects to be exonerated. Detroit Public Radio's Noah Ovshinsky reports.
  • CIA Concedes It Destroyed Al Qaida Tapes
    CIA director Michael Hayden says the agency destroyed videotapes of its interrogations of two top al Qaida suspects, made in 2002. Philip Zelikow, executive director of the 9/11 Commission, had hoped to review the tapes.
  • Detroit Mayor In Plea Deal, Quits
    Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick accepted a plea agreement, stepped down from office and will serve jail time. He pleaded guilty to two felony obstruction charges stemming from a scandal involving a cover-up of an alleged affair with his former top aide.
  • The Hokule'a, a voyaging canoe built to revive the centuries-old tradition of Polynesian exploration, makes its way up the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. Sailed by a crew of 12 who use only celestial navigation and observation of nature, the canoe is two-thirds of the way through a four-year trip around the world.
    Hokule'a, The Hawaiian Canoe Traveling The World By A Map Of The Stars
    A voyaging canoe built to revive the centuries-old tradition of Hawaiian exploration is circumnavigating the globe. Its crew has already traveled 26,000 miles navigating with the sun, stars and waves.
  • The 'K-shaped economy' and middle class struggle
    NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, about her Washington Post analysis of how top earners are disproportionately affecting U.S. economic data.
  • Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is pictured in a hearing on July 31. He is testifying on Wednesday alongside other top health officials in a Senate panel hearing.
    Public Health Leaders Vow Science, Not Politics, Will Guide COVID-19 Vaccine
    A Senate hearing on the coronavirus pandemic follows the day after the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 200,000 people. The session is underway now.
  • Historian and columnist in Buffalo, N.Y., reflects on race in her community
    Scott Simon talks with Eva Doyle, historian and longtime columnist in Buffalo, N.Y., about how her community is processing last week's racist attack.
  • Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gestures on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday.
    Schumer says Harris ticket boosts prospects for Democratic candidates
    The remarks mark a turn of fortunes for Democrats who were confronted with a lack of voter enthusiasm and flagging poll numbers when President Biden was at the top of the ticket.
  • How a video game about grief became a breakout hit
    Jennifer Svedberg-Yen, lead writer of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, explains how the team made a grief-centered story resonate with a wide audience.
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