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A date for confirmation hearings has not been set yet for Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's pick to replace retiring Justice David Souter. The president wants her confirmed before Congress leaves for its August recess. But Republicans say they won't be rushed.

Senior Pastor Jasiel Hernandez Garcia talks with NPR about his experiences after his First Presbyterian Church in Kerrville became a reunification center in the deadly central Texas floods.

Republicans in Florida pushed hard to drop some childhood vaccine requirements for school. But efforts petered out. What could this mean for other states considering similar moves?

South Carolina lawmakers rejected President Trump's call for redistricting to help the GOP hold onto the U.S. House in the midterms.

Ida leaves a path of death and destruction from the Gulf Coast to New England. Texas clinics that provide abortions face a new reality. The NRA cancels its annual meeting because of the pandemic.

Two years ago Colombia pledged to stop exploring for new oil, gas and coal. On the world stage, this was a big deal. Here's what's happened since.

Recent research shows that stopping greenhouse gas emissions will break the vicious cycle of warming temperatures, melting ice, wildfires and rising sea levels faster than expected just a few years ago. That's one of several unexpected developments around climate change last year.

Whitehead reviews the complete Blue Note sessions of tenor saxophonist Don Wilkerson.

Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco is calling for the Attorney Generals' resignation. Earlier this year, Sessions was asked under oath during his Senate Confirmation hearing whether the Trump

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Bruce Springsteen's new album, "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions," which features Springsteen singing folk songs made famous by Pete Seeger.