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Gov. Tim Walz is fully mobilizing the state's National Guard — "an action that has never been taken in [the Guard's] 164-year history" — to prepare for a fifth night of protests.

Many retail and food workers are losing temporary wage bumps they got during the pandemic. Some say their work hazards are still high, and their wage is lower than unemployment benefits.

Among the bottom fifth of income earners, who are more likely to be black and Latino, about 35% of them lost their jobs.

Protesters in Louisville, Ky., are demanding answers to the March killing of Breonna Taylor — a black woman shot by police conducting a no-knock raid on her residence. Seven protesters were wounded.

The Democratic Socialists of America have gotten new visibility with the primary victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York. They're benefiting as energy on the political left grows.

Rescue divers took the last four boys from the cave on Tuesday, along with their soccer coach, as rescuers raced against the possibility of rain and flooding.

Conservatives in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition are threatening government stability. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to the Brookings Institution's Constanze Stelzenmüller about the threat.

More than half of the families who were detained and separated were reunited Tuesday, but as many as 48 children remain in custody. A federal judge in San Diego heard from Justice Department lawyers on who has not been reunited, why, and what the new timeline is.

In the town of Islip, N.Y., voting is done at large, which means there aren't any districts. The whole town, which is primarily white, votes for all the elected officials together, making it difficult for Latino voters to get representation in city government. So, they're suing.

In interviews that appear in court documents filed Monday, detainees also reported not being allowed to shower for days and sleeping in overcrowded rooms.