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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum about an original copy of Emancipation Proclamation it is displaying for Juneteenth.

Nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed abortion bans around the country to take effect, some cities and states are pushing in the other direction, a new report finds.

Diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's spread like a fire through the brain. Scientists think they may know how that fire starts. (Story aired on All Things Considered on June 19, 2023.)

In Iran, mass protests against rules forcing women to wear the hijab, the Islamic headscarf, have ended. But demonstrators are finding new ways to make their voices heard.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Chicago Sun-Times reporter Sophie Sherry about a spate of shootings in the Chicago area that killed at least 11 people.

Republicans rallied around ex-President Trump rather than criticize the 2024 presidential candidate's arraignment on criminal charges. (Story aired on Weekend All Things Considered on June 17, 2023.)

After visiting China, Secretary of State Blinken headed to London. Developments in the Israeli occupied West Bank worry the international community. Virginia's primary election is today.

What puzzles most people — like solving a Rubik's cube — makes sense to Max Park. And the world of speedcubing has helped the autistic 21-year-old crack the code on what might come easy to others.

We hear a lot about the big-ticket weapons the West is shipping to Ukraine. But Ukraine is also fighting effectively with a weapon it can buy off-the-shelf and is small enough to hold in one hand.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to mountaineer Kirstie Ennis about her decision to descend Mount Everest, just 200 meters from the summit.