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Update 3:01 p.m. CTFires at two transmission substations in Wisconsin's capital knocked out power to more than 11,000 customers on a sweltering day,…

The Kremlin says the Russian leader met Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin and nearly three dozen of his mercenary commanders for talks in Moscow late last month.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Aisha Sultan about the new Barbie dolls Mattel made to mark International Women's Day. The special series celebrates famous women including NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson and artist Frida Kahlo.

Congress is back in session to try to come to some kind of budget agreement to prevent the government from shutting down at the end of the week.

Secretary of State John Kerry is returning to Washington, D.C., after meeting the Iranian foreign minister about nuclear negotiations. The deadline for a deal limiting Iran's nuclear program is Sunday, but it might be extended.

Astronomers kicked Pluto out of the planetary club in 2006 because of its small size. But scientists set to explore the surface Tuesday via a spacecraft's camera say those other guys are just wrong.

Tom Goldman shares the latest Olympics news with Audie Cornish. In gymnastics, American Aly Raisman won two medals on Tuesday. Two British brothers also won the triathlon.

Germany's economy, which thrived during the boom years of globalization, is stagnating. And economic woes are looming large with voters heading to the polls this weekend.

Journalist Vince Beiser's no-nonsense writing makes light reading of a grim subject, the past and future of sand, but it paints a telling picture of how great a problem lies before us.

Updated at 4:19 p.m. CTA woman who was found slain in a Milwaukee garage along with her two daughters had been beaten up by her boyfriend the day before…