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Voters cast their ballots at a polling station set up at Grady High School for the mid-term elections last November in Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia is set to replace all of its voting machines, which cybersecurity experts had deemed insecure, before the 2020 elections.

Cyber Experts Warn Of Vulnerabilities Facing 2020 Election Machines

America's elections infrastructure is more secure than it was four years ago, but many lingering weaknesses won't be resolved in time for Election Day next year.

As Politics Become More Divided, State Recall Efforts Gain Popularity

Nineteen states allow voters to try to recall elected state officials for a number of reasons, and those efforts have increased exponentially. Including in Colorado where there were six in 2019.

U.N. Report Includes A Long List Of Atrocities In The War In Yemen

The report says that all sides in the Yemen war are committing war crimes, and that countries backing them could be complicit. The U.S. provides logistical support to a Saudi-led coalition.

Jeanetta Churchill stands outside of her Baltimore row house. She says she has to keep her air running constantly in the summer in order to manage her bipolar disorder.

How High Heat Can Impact Mental Health

A new NPR probe found low-income areas in dozens of major U.S. cities are more likely to be hotter than wealthier ones, and people with severe mental illness are impacted by that increase in heat.

Margaret Atwood says reader questions about the world of <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em> — and the world we live in now — inspired <em>The Testaments</em>.

Hear Margaret Atwood Read From 'The Testaments,' Her Sequel To 'The Handmaid's Tale'

In this recording, exclusive to NPR, Atwood returns to the world of The Handmaid's Tale, reading from her long-awaited sequel. Some 15 years after the first book, it introduces a few new voices.

Hurricane Dorian's outer bands are lashing Florida as the storm moves northward along the U.S. coastline.

Bahamas Death Toll From Hurricane Dorian Rises To 20

The Bahamas health minister announced the higher death toll late Wednesday, as Dorian continued shadowing the U.S. East Coast.

A child leaves for school in a village in India. Last November, the Indian government announced new rules limiting the weight of school bags depending on a child's age. But the rules are not always enforced.

You Think Your Kid's School Backpack Is Heavy? See What's Going On In India!

India has made new rules regulating the weight of school bags. Are principals — and parents — paying attention? One mother in Mumbai is conducting spot checks to find out.

Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, picked up in a 2016 New York City drug bust. "Basically, [fentanyl] is so cheap to produce and it's so powerful, that drug dealers began realizing it was a way to increase their profits," <em>Fentanyl, Inc. </em>author Ben Westhoff says. But miscalculations of the amount used can be deadly.

Fentanyl As A Dark Web Profit Center, From Chinese Labs To U.S. Streets

Fentanyl, Inc. author Ben Westhoff says the opioid, while useful in hospitals, is killing more Americans as a street drug than any other in U.S. history. Here's how it moves from China to your corner.

Katrina Destroyed 'The Yellow House' — But Inequality Eroded Its Foundation

Sarah M. Broom's extraordinary memoir about the New Orleans home she grew up in describes decades of life lived — as well as the systemic racism that ultimately contributed to the house's destruction.

Yes, the apocalyptic cover of <em>Historia Natural</em> does accurately portray the warped whims of Los PiraÃ±as' cumbia.

Viking's Choice: Psychedelic Cumbia, String Drone, Afghan Noise

Wild combinations yield wild results. This week's playlist includes Los Pirañas' squiggly psych-cumbia, Jessica Pavone's stirring string drone and noisy Afghan jams.

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