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A federal trial about race-based admissions policies at Harvard wraps up today. A judge has been hearing testimony about whether Harvard is giving Asian-American applicants a fair chance.

Vice President Pence and Secretary of State Pompeo are traveling to Turkey as President Trump continues to face criticism at home over his Syria policy.

Maryland is poised to become the first state on the East Coast to enact safety protections for people working in the heat. It could be a model for a federal standard.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown about the state's agreement with the federal government to pull federal forces out of Portland after weeks of clashes with protesters.

A report into sexual assault in one of India's most respected film industries has triggered a #MeToo-style reckoning.

Members of the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, came to Washington D.C., to accept an award from Refugees International on Tuesday night. Manal Abazeed stopped by to talk to NPR's Ari Shapiro about her work.

Before the recession, Idaho had one of the fastest growing economies in the country. But last year, its jobless rate peaked at nearly 10 percent. That number has begun to creep down – but many workers in the state are still struggling to replace the jobs they've lost.

While the deep snowpack in California's mountains is easing drought concerns, there are still people in the state's rural Central Valley who don't have water running from their taps.

In a statement on its website Friday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said activist Chen Guangcheng would be allowed to apply to study abroad. Chen, who had escaped from house arrest, earlier said he wanted asylum in the U.S. But before that, he had told U.S. officials he would like to remain on Chinese soil.

The U.S. and China formed the outlines of a deal Friday in an attempt to resolve the dispute over Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said progress was made to fulfill Guangcheng's request to take his family abroad. David Greene talks to NPR's Michele Kelemen for the latest on the story.