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NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates about his new novel, The Water Dancer.

Twice a year, on the fall and spring equinoxes, the sun sets perfectly framed by Chicago's skyscrapers. The perhaps unintended phenomenon takes its name from England's ancient monument Stonehenge.

Mayors of some of the cities the president targets say they aren't worried about jeopardizing federal funding and will continue fighting the rhetoric and policies they believe will harm urban areas.

The U.S. is trying to use the United Nations General Assembly to build up international pressure on Iran as it points blame at Iran for a recent attack in Saudi Arabia. Iran denies the accusation.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Hilda Heine, president of the Marshall Islands, about the impact of climate change on the small Pacific island nation.

Hundreds of millions have climbed out of poverty, but an equality gap has widened. Seventy years after Mao's revolution, many Chinese people reflect on their own stories of struggle and mobility.

On the anniversary of the People's Republic of China, the country's top diplomat in Washington says it has "no interest in global dominance or hegemony; we just want our people to have a better life."

As China celebrates 70 years of communist rule, pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong have taken to the streets. They demand Beijing grant Hong Kong the autonomy they say they have long been promised.

Ross Walsh received one of those emails asking for money. He replied that he was trying to send it but the transfer didn't go through. He convinced the scammer to send him money to verify the account.

Majority Democrats in the House subpoenaed President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on Monday for documents related to his communications with Ukraine.