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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma about changes to the USPS and what he intends to ask Postmaster General Louis DeJoy when he appears before a Senate panel.

Unpredictable things happen to us all the time. As part of our annual You 2.0 series on personal growth and reinvention, we revisit two of our favorite stories of loss and the change it brings.

Over a 10-year period, 1.2 million Filipina girls between the ages of 10 and 19 have had a child. The government is trying to change things. But the pandemic has made matters worse.

Nearly two weeks after an election kept President Alexander Lukashenko in power amid accusations of vote-rigging, massive protests against Lukashenko continue and neither side is backing down.

One storm is currently forecast to hit near the Texas-Louisiana border; the other could reach the Florida Panhandle. Two hurricanes hitting the Gulf at once would be unprecedented, experts say.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said before the Senate he believes the Postal Service can accommodate the expected volume of mailed ballots this year ahead of Election Day, despite internal slowdowns.

William Jackson Harper and Yvonne Orji combine geography and wordplay in a game about well-known landmarks, with a twist.

A brick factory that was key to building post-Civil War Atlanta used unpaid convict laborers. Now, some hope to block industrial development at the site and instead memorialize those mistreated there.

American drag performer Chi Chi DeVayne, known offstage as Zavion Davenport, died Thursday at 34. DeVayne was one of the most popular contestants on RuPaul's Drag Race TV show.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with author Megan Goldin about her new book, The Night Swim. The novel looks at small-town politics and how biases may affect the way people see rape victims.