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In the wake of recent gun massacres, President Biden is renewing calls for limits on assault-style weapons. What impact did the ten year federal ban on those weapons have on mass shootings?

Al Green showed a different side of soul on his 1971 hit. Hear the story of the legendary song.

Nations are gathering the first week of November to negotiate new climate change pledges. But a new report card from the United Nations says those pledges aren't enough to stop extreme climate change.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Amy Bach, executive director of United Policyholders, about the thousands of homeowners in California at risk of losing insurance as the risk of wildfires grow.

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan has told his Foreign Ministry to expel 10 ambassadors, including the U.S., for demanding the release of businessman Osman Karvara, who has been imprisoned by Turkey.

The Department of Health and Human Services said Monday its new regulation, which will go into effect Nov. 8, will restore clinics' ability to refer women seeking abortions to a provider.

Scott Simon speaks to PBS News Hour correspondent Jane Ferguson about the latest developments in Afghanistan, where millions face food shortages as the Taliban struggle to maintain security.

City officials spoke earlier Saturday about Friday night's tragedy that killed at least eight people at a Houston music festival.

"I always had this dream: Gee, someday I would like to become a physicist," said Manfred Steiner. But after World War II, he followed his family's advice to become a doctor.

With eight dead, concertgoers have been filing lawsuits against Astroworld's planners. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with University of Suffolk professor Keith Still about how tragedies like this happen.