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The White House has named Wisconsin Republican Scott Evertz director of its Office of National AIDS Policy. Evertz is openly gay and activists are praising the appointment, but still express caution about the Bush administration's commitment to fighting AIDS. NPR's Emily Harris has the story.

The city council in Charlottesville, Va., has approved the installation of a giant blackboard downtown for anyone to write on. It will be a monument to free speech. Noah Adams talks with Joshua Wheeler, associate director for the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression.

in Quincy, Illinois. The planes -- a United Express commuter flight and a smaller private plane -- ran into each other on a taxiway.

Robert talks with Diana Carlin of the University of Kansas, Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the University of Pennsylvania, and Marvin Kitman of Newsday about last night's broadcast of the Democratic National Convention as a television program, and what it expressed to the nation about the party as a whole.

In the western North Carolina town where Eric Rudolph eluded capture for five years, residents express surprise at his guilty plea Wednesday to four bombings.

Americans are scrambling to find over-the-counter COVID-19 tests and questioning how to keep their families safe over the holidays.

Continuing our series on summer reads, we check in with Michelle Carr, the founder, director and producer of the Velvet Hammer Burlesque in Los Angeles. She offers her recommendations, including a historical look at burlesque.

When California's eviction moratorium ends, the rental market faces a crisis. Renters in arrears could end up homeless, and landlords could end up holding the bag on months of unpaid rent.

Republicans who support President Trump say the next three weeks are crucial to determine whether he can keep Republicans united behind him or if emerging cracks break open even wider.

House Democrats press the leaders of federal agencies for details on whether President Trump has stymied health experts from taking more effective action to stem the spread of the coronavirus.