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Teddy Atlas got his start in boxing by brawling on the street. In his new memoir, the ESPN commentator recounts his career as a boxing trainer and his father's role in shaping that career.

We've all been in stores and seen birds fluttering around and wondered, how did they get in there? Do they live there 24-7? Commentator Julie Zickefoose remembers a sparrow she met in her local grocery store that became quite popular with the employees there.

Thousands of musicians in 37 countries perform on Daniel Pearl Music Day to honor the journalist kidnapped and killed by terrorists in Pakistan. His mother, commentator Ruth Pearl, recalls her son's love of music and shares family recordings of Daniel playing the violin.

A first in a series of chats with NPR's very own swing voter. Commentator John Ridley is still undecided. What catches his eye? What does he make of recent events in the campaigns? And what is he waiting for? NPR's Renee Montagne talks to him in his home state, and swing state, of Wisconsin.

Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk wins the Nobel literature prize. Pamuk, 54, gained international acclaim for books including Snow, Istanbul and My Name Is Red. But he has also earned notoriety for legal troubles over his comments on Turkey's past.

Tuberville spoke at a pro-Trump rally in Nevada on Saturday ahead of the November midterm elections. The NAACP called the comments "flat out racist, ignorant and utterly sickening."

The USDA has set a deadline of July 30 for states to hand over the sensitive data of tens of millions of people who applied for federal food assistance, while a lawsuit is trying to stop the collection.

Trump's comments on social media marked the latest volley in a battle between the administration and the wealthiest college in the world.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu offers his memory of actor Al Lewis, who has died at age 82. Lewis played Grandpa on the 1960s TV comedy The Munsters. Codrescu says that Lewis gained fame in the Spanish-speaking world in dubbed versions of the show.

The latest data on domestic HIV infections shows that African-Americans have a disproportionate share of new cases. Commentator Kathy Y. Wilson says that despite the gravity of the AIDS crisis in Africa, Americans need to pay more attention to the disease at home.