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David Greene talks with Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire about her calls to change a law that federal drug officials say is hampering their efforts to stop opioid-related deaths.

Brazilians go to the polls to pick their next president in, perhaps, the country's most divisive election ever. The lead candidates are polar opposites on the political spectrum.

Over the weekend an angry mob attacked Venezuelan migrant camps in a Brazilian town near the border. Ecuador has declared a state of emergency, and closed its borders to those without passports.

Brazil on Tuesday inaugurates its new far-right president. It marks a reversal of the pink-tide of leftist leaders elected in South America in the last two decades.

India is still blocking Internet service in Kashmir Valley, a Muslim-majority province. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Suvir Kaul of the University of Pennsylvania, who has family in the valley.

Teaching Thanksgiving in schools is often heavy on the crafts and light on the historical facts. Teachers Michelle Portera, Andrea Riley-Mukavetz and Molly Till talk about how they do it.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar has never been a leading contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. But she has been a diligent campaigner in Iowa and is drawing growing crowds.

Homeland Security officials are saying the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border is at a "breaking point." Central American families are streaming across the southern divide in ever increasing numbers.

An explosion Monday tore apart a bus, killing more than a dozen people and injuring many others. It followed Sunday's bombing at a train station in the same city, Volgograd. Suspicion is falling on Chechen extremists who want to create a separate Islamist state.

One business that flourishes in Pakistan these days is the generator business. Pakistan's chronic power outages are worsening amid stifling summer heat. Incoming Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says he has a plan but many are skeptical.