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Advocates who want big changes to the criminal justice system are pressing the Biden administration. They want him to grant clemency for a few thousand people and make key personnel decisions.

Intense storms ravage Florida. Heat makes it deadly during the day, but a few people stay. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Lily Brooks-Dalton about her new novel, "The Light Pirate."

The U.S. says Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is the democratically elected leader of Belarus. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to her about efforts to change her government from exile.

A study from Harvard University estimates the actual death count in Puerto Rico to be closer to 5,000 rather than the official government count of 64. But, as the official hurricane season begins Friday, is the island prepared for more storms?

NPR speaks with PBS NewsHour foreign correspondent Jane Ferguson about the latest in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Amid impeachment and the 2020 election, surveys show political fevers running high at work, undercutting trust and productivity. And workers and employers are bracing for those dynamics to get worse.

Former President Trump's false claims about voter fraud sparked a movement to restrict voting access. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice about the new laws.

More than 5 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with COVID-19. Federal and state eviction bans, put in place after the coronavirus, are lapsing. And, a media mogul in Hong Kong has been arrested.

Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North Carolina. NPR and IPSOS release poll findings on the national response to the pandemic. Microsoft is in talks to buy TikTok's U.S. operations.

President Trump says he's considering restricting some domestic travel. Florida orders residents to stay at home. And, the coronavirus nearly bumps the presidential campaign from news headlines.