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Host Bob Edwards talks with reporter Richard Harris about the latest winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Two Americans and Swede got the one-million-dollar prize this year, for their work on "signal transduction" in the nervous system -- work which is necessary for understanding the origins of many neurological and psychological diseases.

In what could be a crucial test of its authority, Afghanistan's new government is signaling it is prepared to use military force to control the power of one of the war-torn nation's strongest warlords, Padsha Khan Zadran. See NPR reporter Eric Westervelt's photos of the warlord and some of his troops and weapons.

Pape Ale Niang's supporters worried that his imprisonment signaled a crackdown on the liberal press freedoms the country had in place.

Trump's lawyers had argued executive privilege allowed them to conceal those documents.

NPR has confirmed the Census Bureau will end door knocking at unresponsive homes on Sept. 30 amid growing concerns the White House is pressuring the bureau to stop counting soon for political gain.

The war over Iran engulfed more of the Middle East and beyond on Monday as strikes intensified, Iran-backed groups stepped up attacks and a sixth U.S. service member was killed in action.

In announcing the charges, Michigan's attorney general said those accused attempted to "bury or cover up, downplay or hide information" about elevated lead levels in Flint's water supply.

The dead sharks, mostly endangered hammerheads, were part of a 300-ton haul of fish found on a Chinese boat off the Galápagos Islands. An Ecuadorean judge fined and jailed the crew up to four years.

Dennis Christensen was arrested during prayer. "I hope today is the day Russia defends religious freedom," he said before the verdict. Critics call it a severe crackdown on religious freedom.

A string of Jehovah's Witnesses have been convicted since Russia's Supreme Court banned the Christian denomination as an "extremist organization" in 2017.