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Ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager in the 1970s. He's the highest-ranking Roman Catholic official to face criminal charges for sexual abuse in the U.S.

President Biden likes to spend his weekends in Delaware, at his Wilmington home or Rehoboth beach house. Almost anywhere but the White House, where he says it's "hard to get comfortable."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Filipe Ribeiro, the Afghanistan representative for Doctors Without Borders, about the escalating violence in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Art Acevedo, who serves as Miami's police chief and head of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, about the increase in violence in cities across the country.

"It is financially tough," says Robert Momberger of Big Time Diner in Mobile, Ala. "Bills still keep on coming. So it really hurts to shut down, but sometimes that's the best thing to do."

Relatively few people in federal prison have been approved for compassionate release during the pandemic. Lawmakers are trying to make that option a reality for more sick and elderly people.

Animal rights groups say Tennessee walking horses' distinctive high-stepping gait is partly the result of trainers hurting the animals. This year, a major show is testing to try and curb abuse.

Some Medicaid plans will now get federal funding for 15 days of inpatient treatment. But Pennsylvania fears the new rule will close a loophole the state has been using to pay for longer stints.

Reversing earlier guidance, the agency is encouraging indoor masking for fully vaccinated people under certain circumstances.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Matt Ripa of the Catholic University of America about finding one of the dresses Judy Garland wore while filming The Wizard of Oz.