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Lisa Ko's debut novel tells the story of Deming Guo, whose mother Polly, an immigrant from China living in the U.S. illegally, disappears when he's 11 years old.

A morgue in Mosul, Iraq, documented more than 5,000 civilians killed during the battle to free the city from ISIS — likely more than the number of ISIS fighters that died.

Zeeya Merali's book tackles the possibility that scientists are getting closer to creating a tiny universe in the laboratory.

Two teachers and 19 students were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, making it the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.

"Every day, you can see an increase in the Taliban's presence," an Afghan who worked with the U.S. tells NPR. "What am I going to do after September? ... Am I going to even be alive by December?"

NPR's Jasmine Garsd, The Washington Post's Andrea Sachs and University of Connecticut professor Hallie Liberto discuss the hazards of traveling to different countries while being a woman.

Democratic Socialists of America are going door to door to talk to people at risk of being evicted.

Postmaster general suspends changes until after the election. Joe Biden is officially the Democratic presidential nominee. And, pressure mounts on Belarus' president to resign.

U.S. destroys an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz. Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, on the border crisis. And, a heat wave builds across the U.S.

House lawmakers voted to impeach President Trump in only the third such rebuke in American history. Also, Democratic presidential candidates debate and an update on Boris Johnson's agenda.