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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with writer Véronique Tadjo about her book, In The Company of Men. It's a novel about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, first published in French in 2017.

Spokane's city council is giving COPS an extension on their funding and will continue convening on Mondays, Washington's transportation budget planners may have fewer dollars to work with in the future, Inland Northwest LGBTQ+ groups are preparing for Trump's return to power, and a fight over WA building codes goes to court.

A full slate of events gets underway at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday. Organizers will use the convention to give voters a more personal feel for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Steve Inskeep talks to Romney's political director Rich Beeson about countering Democrats' negative campaign ads.

Eyewitness testimony from several prisoners held for years in Syria's most notorious prison tell NPR about systematic executions. They recall details of how mass murder was committed and covered up.

Authorities have investigated the death of Martin Luther King Jr. five times since his murder in April 1968. Congress, district attorneys and the Justice Department have all concluded that James Earl Ray shot King as he stood on a motel balcony in Memphis, but conspiracy theories about who was responsible for his death continue to flourish.

Gov. Bob Ferguson talks bipartisanship on his first day, state Sen. Leonard Christian faces backlash for a Facebook post, a former head of the Washington Republican Party mulls his party's future, the future of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission is in question, and Idaho's legislature looks to cut red tape.

Potential rooftop solar customers and installers worry the incoming Trump administration might try to eliminate a 30% federal tax credit. Some customers plan to install sooner because of that. And solar companies are changing their business plans.

Susan Davis talks with Mina Al-Lami, a BBC expert on extremist messaging, about the Taliban's concerted communications and public relations strategies.

The Philadelphia bandleader didn't always connect with traditional jazz audiences, but he found a second home doing so in Baltimore. A new double album revisit a show he and his "Arkestra" gave there.

Once a rock-ribbed Republican stronghold, Orange County, Calif. went blue in the last presidential election for the first time since 1936. Asian-Americans are the fastest growing demographic there.