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The state's new eighth Congressional District has a big Latino community. But Latino advocates say it does not prioritize diversity.

Janneke Parrish says she was fired from Apple as part of an investigation tracing the source of leaks to the press. She co-led the #AppleToo movement, part of growing labor unrest in Silicon Valley.

This year has been one of the best in a decade for the olive crop in the West Bank. But as N.P.R.'s Jackie Northam reports, tension between settlers and Palestinian farmers leaves many trees unpicked, and those farmers who do venture out risk running into armed nervous settlers who suspect them of being terrorists.

Daniel Kraker from Arizona Public Radio looks at the controversy over a new Jet Ski ban at several national recreation areas. So-called "personal watercraft" will be banned because of concerns over noise and pollution. But Jet Ski fans say the bans are unfair, and are rallying to have them overturned.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is dismissive of recently released negative economic indicators. Commentator Paul Podolsky doubts Greenspan, and questions the notion that the economy is on track and will shake off the bad news.

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss. His new book is The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945 (Simon & Schuster). In the book he reveals new information on how the Allies won World War II and the efforts behind the scenes of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin to ensure that post-war Germany would never produce another Hitler. Beschloss researched newly opened American, British and Soviet archives for the book.

The indie effort Real Women Have Curves, a mother-daughter story, was made for cable TV -- then diverted to movie theaters after a successful debut at the Sundance Film Festival. Pat Dowell reports.

For its first-ever remote program, The Tavis Smiley Show broadcasts from the campus of Clark Atlanta University, before a live audience in the university's student center. The program features Atlanta-area guests and focuses on three topics: Historically black colleges and universities, the Atlanta music scene, and baseball great Henry 'Hank' Aaron.

In a lawsuit, more than a dozen women say Liberty University put them at risk in part because of its code of conduct emphasizing sexual purity. Their lawyer says more women are coming forward.

An FDA advisory committee recommends people who received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine be given a booster shot.

There is misery in Ethiopia as the civil war there continues and the U.N warns of famine.

The town of Taft, Calif. celebrates its oil drilling heritage every five years with a festival called Oildorado. Among the events, an "oil field skills" competition to find the best roustabout.