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A new effort to register first-time voters is centered on hospitals and clinics in the hopes of helping disadvantaged communities get more representation.

The unaccompanied minors are spending an average of 117 hours in detention facilities, beyond the 72 hours allowed, according to a Department of Homeland Security document.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with journalist Emmanuelle Chaze about the rescue ship Ocean Viking's response to a shipwreck off the coast of Libya last week, in which about 130 migrants drowned.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Mitch Zeller, who leads the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, about the agency's push to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars within the next year.

NPR's A Martínez talks to Carroll Muffett, president and CEO of the Center for International Environmental Law, about President Biden's involvement in next week's COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.

The Biden administration has become increasingly concerned about migration being used as a weapon. Belarus has provided a poignant example.

NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Dmitri Trenin of the Carnegie Moscow Center about President Biden warning Vladimir Putin that he'll face tough sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine.

For a look at what events in Egypt could mean for the rest of the Middle East, David Greene talks to Shadi Hamid, director of research at the Brookings Institution's Doha Center.

An official says the virus is under control in some parts of the city. Meanwhile, the IMF cut its forecast of Chinese economic growth and warned the global flow of industrial goods might be disrupted.

Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the manufacturer of the sleeping pill Ambien say the drug caused them to unknowingly binge eat and sleepwalk. Some doctors say not following prescription instructions might have caused the unusual side effects.