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Thousands of activists at the Netroots Nation political convention in Philadelphia are feeling emboldened because their ideas — and favored candidates — are shaping the Democratic primary race.

The Justice Department will not bring federal charges against a New York City police officer in the death of Eric Garner. Garner was an unarmed black man whose death was caught on cell phone videos.

We have a recap on the week in politics.

"I'm feeling very happy and I keep trying not to cry, but it keeps happening," Tamyra Mensah-Stock said after her historic win in Tokyo.

Congress called an unusual recess hearing to grill the Secret Service about the White House fence jumper.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could use the coup attempt against him to purge government institutions, including the military and the judiciary. Critics say he has already accumulated too much power.

In 2008, Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero was fatally stabbed in Patchogue, N.Y. NPR's Ari Shapiro checks in with Sister Margaret Smyth on how the village is doing, a few days before Donald Trump is set to speak at a Republican Party fundraiser there.

The ex-chief prosecutor in Haiti was asking a judge to bar the prime minister from leaving the country until he agreed to submit to questioning about the July assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

Tensions that had been building for months in Lebanon erupted in violence Thursday in Beirut. Several people were killed at a protest being held by Hezbollah supporters.

Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo, a star in law enforcement circles, appears to be out of a job after six months. He's had a rocky tenure, clashing with city leaders who he says are meddling.