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NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with ambassador Janine Felson, top climate negotiator from Belize, about the unique challenges facing small island nations ahead of the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is not attending COP26 in person. Climate analysts and activists weigh in on what his absence means for the climate pledges made by one of the top carbon-emitting nations.

As of now, there's no frontrunner for Song of the Summer. Ann Powers, NPR Music's critic and correspondent, talks to NPR's Lynn Neary about the open field and some songs that shouldn't be overlooked.

The southern specialty — snail broth, pickled bamboo, slippery rice noodles — has taken off. "A lot of people were looking for crazy, ridiculous things to eat," says food blogger Mei Shanshan.

Florida International University's Board of Trustees voted Monday to take the 'interim' out of Interim President Kenneth Jessell's job title. Jessell has spent his career in academia, as a finance professor and administrator.

Officials feared the death toll could top 100 since some survivors indicated the boat had as many as 200 passengers when it set out from Turkey, United Nations refugee and migration agencies said.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Mark O'Connor about his memoir, Crossing Bridges, on his journey from multi-instrumentalist child prodigy to solo artist composing and performing on world stages.

The return of the Women's World Cup could mean more iconic shots of shirtless celebrations revealing sports bras. The garment has come a long way from its humble beginnings.

In a short statement, Netanyahu's office said Israel's leader would be placed under sedation. A top deputy, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, was to stand in for him.

Gen Z and millennial voters should dominate the electorate in coming years. A poll from the Sine Institute, exclusively obtained by NPR, shows how 18- to 34-year-old Americans feel about the future.

More than 20 business leaders and others, including tech titans Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, are on Capitol Hill to meet with U.S. senators.

Many advisers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center had concerns about Nidal Hasan's job performance and behavior, yet time and time again, officials gave him another chance. NPR's Daniel Zwerdling has spoken with top officials there, and tells host Melissa Block new details about Hasan's work at Walter Reed.

Bestsellerdom doesn't necessarily bring with it a promise of quality, so we've hand-selected five titles from the NPR Bestseller List: an acutely observed first novel with satiric punch, three works of fiction from established authors at the top of their game, and a startlingly powerful science thriller from a nonfiction newcomer.

In a new biography called Her Again, author Michael Schulman says that at 14, Streep decided to reinvent herself — and before she was an Oscar winner, she was homecoming queen.

A leaked document offers a window into the motivations and concerns of party leaders as they seek to deepen ties with the U.S.

When the former baseball star won a runoff spot for California's open senate seat, he reminded supporters that his primary victory was only "the first game of a doubleheader."

Testimonies of two former military commanders to police include the first direct mentions of Jair Bolsonaro as actively participating in a conspiracy to ignore the results of the 2022 election.

Democrats returned to Washington with no clear consensus on whether President Biden should be the party's nominee for president.

One of the greatest artists of the last century is having a little revival. Louis Armstrong — the gravely voiced singer and maestro of the trumpet — has a new album topping the charts now, more than 50 years after his death.

The newsroom union at The New York Times accuses the paper of targeting staffers of Middle Eastern descent during an inquiry into leaks about internal debates over a story on the Hamas attacks.