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NPR's Nick Spicer reports from Brussels, where Russian president Vladimir Putin met today with NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson, as well as with leaders of the European Union. The public statements at both NATO and the EU were conciliatory, and Russia and the EU even resolved a long-standing dispute over the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. But the meetings were clouded by controversy over Chechnya. Protesters demonstrated against Russia's war in the breakaway republic, and EU officials indicated the issue was a topic of debate in their meetings.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports that ten years ago this week, the Chernobly nuclear reactor exploded in the densely forested planes of Ukraine. It spewed a cloud of radioactive gas into the atmosphere that -- according to the United Nations -- contaminated more than 100-thousand square miles of land and affected nine million people in some way ... Among them were hundreds of thousands of Jews living in Ukraine and Belarus. About one thousend of them...all children...came to Israel for medical treatment under a program sponsored by a religious organization called khah-BAHD. Gradstein tells us how those kids are doing.

We talk to some voters and non-voters to get their thoughts on the elections, and why they did or did not vote today: Laura McCallum visits folks at the Witney Senior Center in St. Cloud, Minnesota; Gretchen Lehman talks to customers at the Kay Kitchen, a cafe in St. Joseph, Minnesota; Keith McKeen interviews voters at polling stations in the second district in Maine; Andrea Deleon does the same in the first district in Maine; Josh Levs talks with people in downtown Atlanta; Steve Bussalachi talked with voters at the polls in Madison, Wisconsin, and with shoppers at the city's Southtown Mall.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia refuses to remove himself from a case involving his friend Vice President Dick Cheney, responding to a request by the Sierra Club. The high court will soon hear a case testing whether Cheney may keep certain records of his energy policy panel secret. Scalia says a hunting trip taken with Cheney did not cloud his impartiality. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

Dozier died at 81. As part of the songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland, he co-wrote dozens of hits, including "Baby Love," "Heat Wave" and "Reflections," helping to define the Motown sound.

We are heading into our fourth month of the economic upheaval caused by the pandemic. Many parts of the economy are rebounding while many are still stuck…

The 75th Emmy Awards offered up nothing in the way of real surprise. Succession, The Bear and Beef dominated on a night steeped in television nostalgia.

The resignations coincided with a visit from the U.S. Secretary of Defense, as the new administration carries out a review of its Afghanistan policy. Friday's attack was the deadliest in years.

Kathy Ruemmler, a former White House counsel to President Obama, says she will resign from Goldman Sachs after emails between her and Jeffrey Epstein showed a close relationship between the pair.

Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as Alex Honnold reached the top of the spire of the 508-meter (1,667-foot) tower, about 90 minutes after he started.