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The voting rules for the awards almost always leave room for disappointment or confusion, but if you're willing to market yourself, you too could win a nomination.

Is the world on the verge of a pandemic? There are three reasons to think so. Two flu viruses are active, and a virus that bears a resemblance to SARS has cropped up in the Middle East. Each has devastating potential, but many early warnings of past pandemics have failed to materialize.

The intelligence community has always been in the business of forecasting the future. The question is whether tapping into publicly available data — Twitter and news feeds and blogs — can help them do that faster and more precisely. Now, a cutting-edge tech company is trying to use data to predict seminal events before they happen.

Just two days after the U.S. presidential election, China opens the most important event in a decade on its political calendar: a transition of power. Host Scott Simon talks to NPR's Louisa Lim and Frank Langfitt in China about the upcoming 18th Party Congress.

After a five and a half hour-long public comment and discussion, the city of Hollywood decided to rename streets that bear the names of Confederate icons.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has deployed the entire Texas National Guard to help with relief and rescue efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Col. Steven Metze, spokesperson for the Texas National Guard, about where resources are being deployed and how the rescue efforts are going.

Susan Glisson, a race relations consultant, says she's trying to "bring people together in a space so that we can really start having these conversations."

As President Trump approaches his 100th day in office, White House correspondent Maggie Haberman of The New York Times says "the magnitude of the job is sinking in for him."

Because suicides are so variable and unpredictable, advocates and health professionals say many different programs are needed.

In 1967, more than 150 riots erupted across the country. But one in particular seemed to consume the national conversation: Detroit. Three prominent Detroit figures share their stories from that time.