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With the State Department hollowed out, the generals have been driving North Korea policy. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has all along pushed for a diplomatic solution to the stand-off.

The Trump administration is rolling back regulations on methane, saying that should be left to states. So Wyoming is stepping in with its own proposal, which even some oil and gas companies support.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emma Archer, geographer from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, about the current state of biodiversity within Africa in light of the United Nations' report.

North Korea fired what is believed to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile. It comes just days before U.S. and North Korean officials are supposed to resume nuclear talks.

Hundreds have been killed by landmines in South Korea since the Korean War. Experts say most of the remaining mines serve no military purpose, yet the U.S. and South Korea refuse to ban their use.

On Sunday, President Trump used racist language to refer to Democratic members of Congress and suggests they go back to the countries they came from. Steve Inskeep talks to GOP analyst Mark McKinnon.

Ling Ma's Severance is an unusual apocalyptic novel, says critic Maureen Corrigan. Satiric, playful and scary, it lends assurance that humor will linger even as the world comes to an end.

They are working harder than ever to keep up with the death toll from the novel coronavirus. "People bring their dead during the day and during the night," says a gravedigger named Abbas.

Live performing-arts events are returning, but Desert In, a sexy mysterious streaming series assembled by a starry cast and crew for Boston Lyric Opera, asserts that digital opera is here to stay.

Many of the songs on Cuatro Copas, Bohemia en la Finca Altozano are part the group's personal history, growing up in downtown LA, surrounded by Mexican musicians who taught them how to sing and play.