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NPR offers highlights from inside the room during the third day of the confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ten-year-old Alex Harris loves the Macy's parade. His parents surprised him with tickets to New York and they had contacted Macy's, which arranged for him to have a front-row seat.

For the Electric Coney Second Annual Labor Day 0.5K in D.C., runners will jog back and forth between two bars. Whoever unwraps a hot dog covered in edible gold foil will be declared the winner.

After the Emancipation Proclamation, some slave owners kept the news from their slaves. In a 1941 recording, a former slave recalls June 19, 1865, when slaves in Texas were told they were free.

President Bush joins world leaders to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Bush began his remarks at the American war cemetery in France by noting the death of Ronald Reagan, calling the former president "a courageous man himself." French President Jacques Chirac said, "France will never forget what it owes America, its steadfast friend and ally." Hear NPR's NPR's Don Gonyea.

One event will partly honor Hmong and Lao soldiers who fought alongside U.S. troops in Vietnam.

in his civil trial. He faced tough questions about the blood evidence found in his Bronco, the cuts on his finger and the revelation that he failed a polygraph test shortly after the murders.

The one-day shopping spree is promoted by China's online retail giant Alibaba. More than $10 billion in sales were generated — more than five times the volume of last year's Cyber Monday in the U.S.

Wisconsin's Aging Advocacy Day is celebrating its eighth anniversary by connecting seniors with their state representatives, and LGBT seniors are also showing up and asking for change.

How do bus drivers prepare for the first day back to school? We'll meet one driver in Bloomington, Indiana, who gets ready for the big day by dry-running her route.