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Commandos from Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard rappelled down from a helicopter onto a container ship near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel as tensions in the region heightened.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz about the police accountability bill he signed into law this week and his statewide mask mandate.

Jason Ogg, who grew up in Papua New Guinea, hopes to combat food insecurity in Richland County by applying concepts of permaculture to create food forests in Mansfield.

Guest host Linda Wertheimer talks with Tabish Khair about The Thing About Thugs, his new novel about the myths of murderous Indian cult of "thugees."

More than a month after Hurricane Helene devastated mountain communities across Western North Carolina, the VA is still sending out teams to check on isolated veterans and bring them supplies.

NPR's A Martinez talks to political scientist Stephen Voss about Sen. Mitch McConnell's impact on his home state of Kentucky after the news that he'll step down from Senate leadership in November.

Tom Cole is a senior editor on NPR's Arts Desk. He develops, edits, produces, and reports on stories about art, culture, music, film, and theater for NPR's news magazines Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, and All Things Considered. Cole has held these responsibilities since February 1990.

Michelle Trudeau began her radio career in 1981, filing stories for NPR from Beijing and Shanghai, China, where she and her husband lived for two years. She began working as a science reporter and producer for NPR's Science Desk since 1982. Trudeau's news reports and feature stories, which cover the areas of human behavior, child development, the brain sciences, and mental health, air on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

Adrian Bartos, or "Stretch Armstrong," is an internationally recognized DJ, cultural pioneer, and the co-host of NPR's podcast What's Good with Stretch and Bobbito. In the show, Stretch and Bobbito interview cultural influencers, bringing their warmth, humor, and a fresh perspective. In the 1990s, radio duo Stretch and Bobbito were pivotal figures in the evolution of hip-hop as a worldwide cultural phenomenon.

Joe Neel is NPR's deputy senior supervising editor and a correspondent on the Science Desk.