In North Carolina, GOP Sen. Thom Tillis and Democrat Cal Cunningham held a second debate. The fight over the open Supreme Court seat was one issue. A Democratic win could flip control of the chamber.

More than 200,000 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19. We hear from three areas of the country about how the pandemic has affected life there.

NPR's David Greene speaks with actress Noomi Rapace about her new film: The Secrets We Keep. She also starred in the Swedish version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

NPR's Noel King talks to young people in the polarized state of Wisconsin, who will be voting for the first time in November's election. They are divided by many issues, including race.

Michael Alcamo lives in New York City but loves cycling through the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York, with their tiny towns and hamlets and historical cemeteries.

He was on a trip like this, winding through a remote stretch this summer, when he noticed something else, a small brown street sign with the name "Swastika."

At a time when symbols and place names with links to white supremacy are being debated across the U.S., Alcamo found the name of the unincorporated hamlet he had crossed into unsettling.

While the much of the world is on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, about 50 cats are roamig around one rooftop in the Moroccan capital of Rabat.

Big cats, little cats. Cats with one eye. Cats with three legs. In this one makeshift shelter, it's both young and old, sick and strong — all together.

"I've been surrounded by animals from the moment I could open my eyes," says Ahmed Tazi. He runs the shelter with his family, who own the adjacent apartment.