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Assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was laid to rest after a military ceremony and funeral Mass in his hometown of Cap Haïtien.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Radiolab producer Rachael Cusick about her search for Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, the psychiatrist behind the five stages of grief.

A New York City pilot program dispatches mental health and medical care instead of police to some 911 calls. Early data shows more people accepted help and fewer people were admitted to the hospital.

The Chicago City Council approved a plan to give civilians oversight of the city's police department: the result of a years-long effort to allow residents a role in how their communities are policed.

Below the surface of the sprawling, modern metropolis is a different world. Archaeologists are gaining insights into the city's ancient past by examining the basements of ordinary buildings.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with CIA Director William Burns about Russia, China and what keeps him up at night.

Lukas Foss is a pianist, a conductor and, perhaps most notably, a composer. Foss was born in Germany and was fifteen when his family immigrated to this country in 1937. Even before that he'd begun his prolific output as a composer and was recognized as a child prodigy on the piano.

Performing at the NPR Music offices, Adia Victoria's voice is powerful and direct, with no artifice. Here, she performs "Heathen," plus two songs from her debut album, Beyond The Bloodhounds.

In July 1957, Buddy Holly left Texas with only one record climbing the charts. Five months later, sporting capped teeth, a sharp suit, and horn-rimmed glasses, Holly debuted live on The Ed Sullivan Show. Like Elvis Presley only a year before, Holly had made it to prime time TV.

New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will be the state's first woman chief executive after Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he would be stepping down effective Aug. 24.

The attacker grabbed the officer's gun and fatally shot himself, the agency adds. The officer was identified as George Gonzalez, a veteran who served in Iraq, by the Pentagon Force Protection Agency.

Was it a brutal gang rape and killing? Or a terrible accident with a bungled response? Police are searching for clues — as protests erupt in India's capital.

"You're running against grown men, so you've got to do everything you can to beat them," Erriyon Knighton said. He's had a dramatic rise in track, beating a long-standing record set by Usain Bolt.

Many Americans are still complaining about the state of education in America. NPR's Don Gonyea reports on a "charter school" in Michigan... one of many such special schools across the country that are providing an alternative to a standard public school education.

A year ago today, Zapatista rebels began their uprising in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. Since then, there has been an assisination, the economy nosedived and peso was dramatically devalued. Daniel talks to NPR's David Welna in Mexico City about one of the worst years in the country's history.

Daniel talks with author Jayne Anne Phillips about her latest novel "Shelter," which takes place at a summer camp in West Virginia. Phillips writes vividly and poetically about the experiences of adolescent girls at the camp ... a place of seeming innocence but one in which passion, danger and perversity all emerge to change their young lives forever.

NPR's Anne Garrels was in the Chechen capital of Grozny and reports on the scene there... burned out Russian tanks, a few Russian prisoners of war, and determined Chechen fighters.

Wade Goodwyn reports on the the status of efforts to find the more than 150 people still missing form the bombing in Oklahoma City. Heavy rains and stong winds have hampered efforts and increased fears that the building is unstable and could collapse further.

Jacki talks to Mindy Cameron of the Seattle Times, Tom Bray of the Detroit News, and Nick Monsurat of the Burlington (VT) Free Press about the first 100 days of Congress.

Daniel spends an afternoon watching the national sport of the Island of Puerto Rico...Cock Fighting. Daniel discusses the official rules of combat, judging, and the methods of training to get the roosters in shape for fighting. He even does a play by play.