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With such proximity to world-class professional tennis, many ballpersons return to the tournament in New York year after year. But they have to pass tryouts first.

President Trump wants Russia back in the group of leading democracies — the G-7. But members say Russia hasn't earned its return to the group. Several senators have written to Trump to oppose him.

First-generation mortuary students represent a major change in an industry long dominated by local family businesses. Those students also face their own set of challenges.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Delano Franklin from the Harvard Crimson about an incoming freshman from Lebanon who was intercepted at Boston's airport, questioned and sent home.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with British Labour MP Rachael Maskell about the Queen's approval of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's request to suspend Parliament, limiting time to make a deal on Brexit.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Dave Levinthal of the Center for Public Integrity, about a resignation that has led to a lack of quorum at the Federal Election Commission.

Filmmaker Mads Brügger's new film, Cold Case Hammarskjöld, is a controversial investigation into the mysterious plane crash that killed U.N. General Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld over Zambia in 1961.

Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, faces billions of dollars in potential liability for its role in the nation's opioid crisis.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein about his lawsuit against eight e-cigarette and vape manufacturers.

Researchers say clusters of human brain cells grown in the lab can spontaneously generate electrical patterns similar to the brain waves of a 6-month-old fetus.