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There have been nearly two weeks of shelling around a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will allow international inspectors to enter the plant.

Playing the famous half-Vulcan requires a little meditative depth and a lot of brow-shaving. Heroes villain Zachary Quinto plays Spock in the reboot of the Star Trek franchise, with the blessing of original Spock Leonard Nimoy. Quinto tells NPR about befriending Nimoy, shaping eyebrows and more.

Rumors, misinformation and lies about the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene have run rampant since the storm made landfall, especially around FEMA funding.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy, a Democrat and co-chair of the Blue Dog Coalition.

Since 1992, the Dayton Hispanic Chamber has promoted economic development by helping Hispanic businesses grow. For the first time in the chamber's history, the group's top leaders are all women.

Scott Simon talks to Colleen Shogan who leads the National Archives about the challenges facing the agency in a time of deep political polarization.

The cells regained a startling amount of function, but the brains didn't have activity linked with consciousness. Ethicists see challenges to assumptions about the irreversible nature of brain death.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to professor Brenda Estefan and Lila Abed of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, about the cross-border concerns framing Mexico's election.

Kerr County, Texas, experienced the worst of the flooding and has seen the highest death toll. NPR's Juana Summers describes the scene where she arrived Monday morning.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to B.A. Parker, co-host of NPR's podcast Code Switch, about a question shared by many people whose ancestors were enslaved: How can descendants best honor their family's past?