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A hundred years ago this week, a bloody race riot erupted in Chicago — one of several that occurred in the U.S. after WWI. Historians and an eye witness discuss the deadly riot and what came from it.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Damian McCall of the Agence France Presse to give us the latest developments from the Tour de France after a stage of the race was cancelled due to extreme weather.

The Supreme Court handed down an order that will allow the Trump administration for now to start using Pentagon funds for wall construction.

"Drawing is way of exorcising fears, and, for me, a way of controlling them," Hanawalt says. She's the creator of the Netflix animated series Tuca & Bertie and creative designer of BoJack Horseman.

The decline of Earth's insect population may have serious consequences for humans, says scientist Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson. Insects are the world's janitors, as well as pollinators and a food source.

For the first time, doctors have used the gene-editing technique CRISPR to treat a genetic disorder in the U.S. The patient, who has sickle cell disease, spoke with NPR about her treatment.

Dayton, Ohio, Mayor Nan Whaley speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about President Trump's visit to the city after a shooting left nine dead and 27 others injured over the weekend.

Officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, arrested almost 700 people at agricultural processing plants in Mississippi on Wednesday.

Scientists at the University of Exeter say staring at seagulls makes them take longer to attempt to steal food.

Humans must drastically alter food production in order to prevent the most catastrophic effects of global warming, according to a U.N. report.