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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of ESPN about this week's sports news.

The partial government shutdown is affecting around 800,000 federal workers and may last into January. The shutdown hinges on a debate between Democrats and Republicans over border wall funding.

In these videos, it's black people calling the cops on white ones who are behaving in a socially irresponsible manner: They're not voting.

There's anxiety on both sides as voters prepare to go to the polls Tuesday. Democrats are poised for gains in the House, but it's still uncertain whether it will be enough.

Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is fighting to keep her seat. She's facing a challenge from Republican Josh Hawley, who is the state's attorney general and is closely aligned with President Trump.

Awkwafina stars in Lulu Wang's funny ensemble drama about a Chinese American family and their elaborate ruse to pay respects to their matriarch — without ever letting on she has a terminal illness.

The band of Tuareg guitarists — who have faced down Islamic extremism at home in Mali — are receiving violent threats and racist responses to a scheduled concert in North Carolina in September.

A busload of coal miners from Appalachia are lobbying members of Congress to shore up the black lung disability trust fund, which is billions of dollars in debt.

Turkey's hosting of millions of Syrian refugees has generated a backlash, and the government says too many are living in Istanbul. Some have been ordered to leave within two weeks.

Earlier this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed his nation had successfully tested a nuclear-powered weapon. Satellite imagery suggests it may not have gone so well.