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African TV execs say it's unlike any show for kids that's been produced and broadcast on the continent — especially with its focus on women presenters and scientists.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Tom Smith, executive director of the American Society of Civil Engineers, about the current state of the nation's infrastructure. The group issued a report card in 2017.

U.S. auto sales last month were the best they've been in more than four years, according to numbers compiled by an industry group. Toyota led the way with more than a 40 percent jump from a year ago. Experts give credit for the boost in sales to cheap financing for car loans, and growing consumer confidence.

Wins by Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps have helped American swimmers dominate the competition in what is proving to be an exceptional Olympic showing.

This will fulfill a goal set by the Obama administration one years ago. A group of several hundred refugees will depart from Jordan in the next day, bound for California and Virginia.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to White House trade adviser Peter Navarro about upcoming trade talks with China amid the impeachment probe into the president. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe weighs in on the topic.

A woman was 13 years old when U.S. soldiers grabbed her birthday cake from a windowsill.

Carter is 98 years old and served as president from 1977 to 1981. The longest-lived former president has suffered from a series of health challenges in recent years.

The Pentagon says an attempt to ship inactive anthrax samples resulted in live samples being sent to labs in nine U.S. states and to a U.S. Air Force base in South Korea.

Americans remembered the nearly 3,000 lives lost that day with moments of silence, readings of victims' names, volunteer work and other tributes.