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The Republican National Convention heads to Baltimore, where Vice President Pence will give his keynote. Some of the party's biggest stars in Congress are expected to speak, too.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Jesse Washington of ESPN's The Undefeated about NBA players refusing to play in playoff games as a protest to the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha.

It seems everyone wants to develop a coronavirus vaccine. But vaccine development usually takes years. The White House is betting money can speed things up.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with John Brown, a New Orleans resident, about the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

The White House's new suicide prevention plan for veterans includes restricting access to guns. It's politically charged, but experts say it's the most obvious way to help.

The Democratic and Republican National Conventions will still happen later this month, but as planning goes on it's become clear they will look nothing like they have in years past.

Many colleges are doing remote learning, and much of a college's budget depends on income from students being on campus. Colleges must change how they work, and some may even close.

Two-thirds of U.S. educators prefer to teach remotely this fall, according to an NPR/Ipsos poll of teachers. Many Texas teachers are on edge, and some say they may quit if their schools reopen.

As pharmaceutical companies face a tsunami of lawsuits and criminal probes stemming from the opioid epidemic, they are accused of using the coronavirus crisis to rehabilitate their image.

Doctors have a new option for suicidal patients. It's a fast-acting nasal spray containing a version of the anesthetic ketamine.