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With so many colleges going virtual last year, many sophomores are on campus for the first time. But it's different — a lot still feel like freshman. Colleges set up programs to get them caught up.

NPR's A Martínez talks to Amanda Carpenter, director of the Republicans for Voting Rights, about former president Trump, who was at a rally in Iowa, flanked by some of the biggest names in the GOP.

Tensions between China and Taiwan are once again on display. Over the weekend, both celebrated Oct. 10, or Double Ten Day. The two nations have different reasons for marking the date.

It's expected to be a big week for COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. Ballots are being counted in Iraq's parliamentary elections. China and Taiwan used a weekend occasion to heat up their rhetoric.

Wildlife is threatened after a pipeline leaked oil off the Southern California coast. NPR's A Martínez talks to Michael Ziccardi of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network at UC Davis, about rescue efforts.

Their work drew conclusions from unintended experiments, or so-called natural experiments — real events or policy changes that can be studied empirically to answer important questions in society.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff about his new book: Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could.

An NPR team follows Omar Vivó as he sets off from Colombia for the U.S., traversing part of the Darién Gap, where the dangers include raging rivers, snakes and criminals who prey on migrants.

Marking Indigenous Peoples' Day, tribes are calling on Congress to swiftly pass the infrastructure bill — which they say would begin to address historical inequities in Indian Country.

Toward the end of Sunday's game, the Green Bay Packers and the Cincinnati Bengals kept missing game-winning field goals — five in all. Finally, the Packers won 25-22 in overtime.