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This week marks a year since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled attacks in Myanmar. As refugees, they now live in huge camps in Bangladesh, with difficult conditions made worse by monsoon rains.

They wrote the songs. They found the desk. They submitted the videos. Now, it's waiting time to find out who will win the 2018 Tiny Desk Contest from NPR…

Omar Mateen was 29 years old, and right before he allegedly committed the shooting spree early Sunday, he made an ominous call to 911.

There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. But how did they get there, and why do they look the way they do? Michael Rosen looks for answers in his new book Alphabetical.

After an upsetting week in the U.S., we offer some music to cope, featuring David Bowie and Miriam Makeba, plus covers by Las Cafeteras and Los Cenzontles.

The Dow falls more than 500 points as a report says large global banks were involved in transactions flagged as possible money laundering and hopes dim for Congress to pass another relief measure.

Luis Gallego, the CEO of International Airlines Group, wants "common testing standards and the introduction of digital health passes."

Also: China intercepts a U.S. military jet in the East China Sea; another New Orleans Confederate monument will be removed today; and Japanese lawmakers review a bill letting the Emperor abdicate.

Violence and natural disasters are fueling the surge in the number of people displaced, the U.N. says in a new report.

Also: E.U. leaders hold their first meeting without Britain, post Brexit; more West Virginia counties are declared federal flooding disaster areas; and Toyota recalls vehicles for potential defects.