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A new — and nuanced — legal drama features Emma Thompson as a family court judge trying to determine whether a minor can be forced to undergo a blood transfusion against his will.

09-14-18 9:30 AM newscast

Actress Marin Mazzie has died of ovarian cancer at age 57. Mazzie had a three-decade career, with her breakout role playing Clara in Stephen Sondheim's Passion in 1994. She was in Ragtime, Kiss Me Kate and The King and I, among other plays.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Todd Terrell of the volunteer rescue group the Cajun Navy about his group's response to Tropical Storm Florence.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Washington, D.C., Fire and EMS Chief Gregory Dean about a recent spate of overdoses involving a synthetic drug known as K2.

Last Saturday, the nonprofit Ocean Cleanup dispatched a device to help clean up litter in the Pacific Ocean. NPR's Michel Martin talks with Boyan Slat, the young CEO who came up with the idea.

Brooklyn-bred hip-hop duo Smif-N-Wessun – consisting of partners in rhyme, Steele and Tek – illuminated the Tiny Desk with their signature, 80-proof poetry: straight, no chaser.

The accusation may delay Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation vote. The Washington Post named the woman who says Kavanaugh tried to sexually assault her when they were both teenagers.

William Donelson came back to New Bern, N.C., to find his one-story brick apartment condemned. The town was hit by a nearly 10-foot storm surge from Hurricane Florence.

Rachel Martin talks to Lisa Banks, an attorney for Christine Blasey Ford, about why she identified herself as the woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh of attempted sexual assault when they were teenagers.