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The Canadian tennis phenom is taking this year's U.S. Open by storm, becoming the youngest woman to reach the semifinals in 16 years.

E-cigarette maker Juul wanted to disrupt Big Tobacco, and largely succeeded before politicians, regulators and experts accused it of stoking the youth vaping epidemic.

Britney Spears' father, Jamie Spears, petitioned a court to end his controversial conservatorship. Under that legal arrangement, he had controlled all aspects of her life for the past 13 years.

The Texas abortion law could mean legal trouble for ride-share drivers. NPR's A Martínez talks to Lyft President John Zimmer about the company's decision to cover all potential legal fees for drivers.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Mary Beth Sheridan of The Washington Post about Mexico's highest court ruling it is unconstitutional to imprison women who had abortions.

The Taliban's ideology has distant links to India. Scholars say Afghanistan's new leaders might listen to clerics in the birthplace of Deobandi Islam, though the clerics deny ties with the Taliban.

More than a year after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to be removed, it will be lifted from its pedestal in Richmond, and placed into storage.

The impacts of climate change are clearly visible to scientists this week in the U.S. after Ida killed at least 61 people in eight states.

The storm dumped many inches of rain on Philadelphia and New York City, causing flooding and at least 45 deaths.

Scientists have seen it in Lake Erie and the bay of Green Bay. But the last place they expected to find plumes of toxic algae is in Lake Superior.