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U.S. employers added 943,000 jobs in July as the unemployment rate fell to 5.4%. Nearly 70% of the new jobs went to women.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Erik Larson of Bloomberg News on how the investigation into Gov. Cuomo fits into New York Attorney General Letitia James' long career as a politician and advocate.

The new song "Magnolia Blues" by Adia Victoria is a courageous reclamation of the singer's Southern identity. Her new album A Southern Gothic is out in September.

President Biden likes to spend his weekends in Delaware, at his Wilmington home or Rehoboth beach house. Almost anywhere but the White House, where he says it's "hard to get comfortable."

The world's first website, which contained information about the World Wide Web itself, was created by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee and published 30 years ago today.

Karate made its debut at the Tokyo Olympics. It's a sport that traces its roots to Japan and karate experts (and fans) across Tokyo have cheered its inclusion at the Games.

The dacha — a Russian summer home that can be anything from a shack to an oligarch's faux chateau — is both an escape from the city and a state of mind that permeates the country's life and culture.

Divisions over vaccination are making it harder for employers to ensure their workplaces are safe. Some are asking their employees to "attest" to being vaccinated — but do such honor systems work?

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with reporter Margaret Elysia Garcia about the eulogy she wrote for her town of Greenville, Calif., which was mostly devastated by the Dixie Fire this week.

Oregon's Bootleg Fire has scorched hundreds of thousands of acres but burned down fewer than 200 homes. Many of the displaced people live off the grid and are figuring out how to rebuild their lives.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Filipe Ribeiro, the Afghanistan representative for Doctors Without Borders, about the escalating violence in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo allegedly relied on liberal allies to fight charges of sexual harassment. Now, one of those allies, the head of Human Rights Campaign, is facing demands that he resign.