Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy refuses to withdrawal an explosive attack ad, and President Trump greenlights the DOJ to file a lawsuit about Alaska's senate race.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with actor Alden Ehrenreich, who stars in the new movie, "A Talent for Murder." It's about a literary agent sent to convince Patricia Highsmith to write a new Tom Ripley novel ...

Bear cubs in distress often end up in rehab where they get food and care. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Colorado wildlife rescuer Nanci Limbach about the 31 cubs in her care this fall.

A new kind of economic populism is surging in both parties this year as voters search for a political party that can solve growing concerns about financial stability.

In Ostia, near Rome, a café is fighting the Mafia one espresso at a time — teaching young people to run a business legally, and build a future free from organized crime.

A management consultant is going viral after he started sharing cringe-worthy anonymous DMs employees get from bosses. Like, ones they get on their wedding day and worse.

AI discovered a vulnerability in part of the internet's architecture, called PHP2SHELL. Security researchers rushed to fix it, but news of the vulnerability leaked and hackers have swooped in.

NPR's Scott Simon and sports reporter Michele Steele discuss the World Series and the WNBA Finals.

There are tensions in France today as another wave of protests begin. The police are out in force. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to demonstrate.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to singer Wynonna Judd about her deeply personal new album, "The Hard Truth." ...

Students have been protesting across Europe. In Serbia, they've selected candidates to run for parliament in Sunday's elections. And they're aiming to end 14 years of government by the populist leader ...

As a handful of independent candidates run for U.S. Senate, questions about the role of the Democratic party in clearing a path or fronting their own candidates abound.