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Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley appeared before a House panel Thursday to talk about the role of the National Guard during recent protests.

Andrew McCabe and Rex Tillerson were fired, new sanctions were announced on Russia, and the Russia investigation continued.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Richard Bove, a longtime banking analyst and vice president of equity research at Rafferty Capital Markets, about Wells Fargo's recent sales scandal.

Supporters of National Security Agency data leaker Edward Snowden launched a campaign Wednesday urging President Obama to pardon Snowden from a possible 30-year prison sentence. Snowden has been exiled in Russia since making off with a trove of NSA files in 2013, and he spoke from there via video link to his supporters Wednesday. The campaign coincides with the release of an Oliver Stone biopic titled, Snowden.

Hurricane Florence caused more than a billion dollars' worth of damage to farms and livestock in North Carolina, including farms that grow sweet potatoes.

Teachers and students in parts of Kentucky are reckoning with heavily damaged schools and a delayed start to the school year after deadly flash floods inundated the region last month.

In light of recent deadly floods in Seoul, South Korea, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Eric Chu, assistant professor at University of California, Davis, how climate change is affecting cities.

Sally made landfall in Alabama as a Category 2 hurricane with high winds. Forecasters warned the slow-moving storm may bring catastrophic flooding to parts of Alabama and Florida.

A jazz pianist and bandleader, Iyer is one of the most critically acclaimed musicians of the past decade. He also has a masters in physics. Here, he explains why he decided to switch to a full-time career as a jazz musician, and describes what influenced his latest album, Solo..

In Iran, Hypernova faced lashings for playing rock 'n' roll. In Williamsburg, it's practically a crime not to rock. After leaving Iran, band member Raam has encouraged other musicians back home to escape to the U.S., where their art can't be controlled.