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In Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's social and economic reforms are moving ahead. We have a look at how those changes are playing out with the Saudi people.

Eastern Kentucky is braced for more rain after floods that killed at least 28 people. NPR's A Martinez talks to Misty Thomas, who is the Western Kentucky executive director for the Red Cross.

Displaced residents of a flooded Pakistani town have flocked to colleges, hotels and institutes to live while they wait for government aid to help them rebuild after the heaviest rains in decades.

As monkeypox continues to spread in the gay community, queer bars have become a place to get information about how to stay safe, without adding to rising stigma.

A woman from the Philippines says she came to Boston to make money for her family back home but was treated like a slave. Experts say this kind of labor trafficking is rampant and rarely reported.

Florida is poised to change how it imposes the death penalty following a jury's decision to recommend life without parole for the gunman who killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland.

A bill that would have erased long-standing racial disparities in federal drug crimes failed to clear the Senate, disappointing thousands of people in prison and their families.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Martin Schüepp of the International Committee of the Red Cross about its efforts to reach prisoners of war from both sides in the Ukraine war.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association warn that the surge in RSV, flu and COVID is threatening the upcoming holiday season.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Lauren Saunders of the National Consumer Law Center, about Apple allowing some iPhone users to pay for purchases up to $1,000 in installments using Apple Pay Later.