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Brazil is hosting not just the Olympics in 2016 but also the Paralympics. And activists for the disabled say Rio de Janeiro has a long and potholed road ahead of it to get ready for the games.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with New York Times reporter Julie Turkewitz about what is known so far about the shooter who is accused of killing 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday.

President Trump is set to make a decision on the Obama-era DACA program for immigrants. It's shaping up to be a major story this week, along with a response to North Korea's latest nuclear test.

One witness suggested voters undergo the same kind of background check now applied to gun buyers, a function that system was never designed for.

Spiritual leaders have long offered such counsel in times of human suffering. Theologians even have a term for efforts to explain why God and evil can coexist: theodicy.

Police are investigating the roots of the plot for one of Spain's deadliest attacks in recent years. The terror cell was using a rented apartment in the small town of Alcanar as a base of operations.

More than 100 high school football games in Texas have been canceled following Harvey. Scott Simon talks with Angel Verdejo, who covered football for the Houston Chronicle and now works in education.

Trump argued that members of what he called the "alt-left" were just as responsible for the violence in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend as the white supremacists who staged the protests.

The migrant caravan that prompted President Trump to threaten to kill NAFTA and send U.S. troops to the border is stalled in southern Mexico. Authorities have deported several hundred migrants back to their Central American homes. It's unclear if the rest will continue their journey north.

NPR's Steve Inskeep spoke with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg about the company's responsibility to safeguard users' data, in light of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. More of the interview airs Friday on Morning Edition.