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South Dakota's governor has rejected President Trump's executive action to boost unemployment benefits. Critics say that move is shortsighted in a state where tens of thousands of remain out of work.

Many delegates to next week's Democratic National Convention are disappointed that they won't be gathering in person due to the pandemic. But many are campaigning to deliver a victory this fall.

Dozens of major fires are burning in California. The state is enduring a heat wave that's also forcing rolling blackouts. Thousands are under evacuation orders while trying to socially distance.

The death of a Guatemalan boy in U.S. custody follows a girl's death. David Greene talks to Rep.-elect Xochitl Torres Small, who will serve the New Mexico district where the children were detained.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to GOP Rep. Tom Reed of New York about how the $4.6 billion border aid bill that Congress passed will guarantee safe and sanitary detention centers for migrant children.

The U.S. Marshals Service says Blane Barksdale, 56, and wife Susan, 59, "overpowered and kidnapped" three people, including two security guards, on Aug. 26 during extradition from New York to Arizona.

The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) dropped the hammer on proposed changes to shore up the solvency of its health care trust fund. In a 9-2 vote Wednesday, OPERS' Board of Trustees approved cuts to its health care benefits that will affect its current and future retirees. "Morning Edition" host Amy Eddings got into the details with OPERS spokesman Michael Pramik.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is freeing up state aid as high winds fuel two major fires across the state. The Kincade Fire in Sonoma County has burned 30,000 acres, prompting evacuation orders for some 180,000.

John Sanders, the acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, plans to step down. The agency has come under fire for about 300 migrant children detained in unsanitary conditions.

South Korea's finance minister said Seoul, in turn, will take Tokyo off its own list of trusted partners. Experts worry the dispute could undermine U.S. security ties with chief Asian allies.