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Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by a drone strike in Afghanistan carried out by the U.S. on July 30, according to President Biden. The Taliban has not confirmed that al-Zawahiri was killed.

This week, Wait Wait celebrates the 4th of July with some of our favorite guests!

Kids are showing reading gains in dual-language classrooms. There may be underlying brain advantages at work.

The Alaskan city just had its hottest and driest June ever, with average daily temperatures 5 degrees above normal. Crews are also battling wildfires across the state.

The hotel chain already has been sued by the state of Washington for giving guests' personal information to ICE agents without a warrant.

The law calls for a recount to be conducted by retabulating every ballot through a scanner, the same way they were originally counted in the days following the Nov. 3 election.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with sports writer Lindsay Gibbs about Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez, the two teen tennis players who will go head-to-head at the U.S. Open women's final on Saturday.

"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.

Spinks shocked the boxing world in 1978 when he defeated the reigning heavyweight champion in a bruising 15-round match. "He's still the greatest," Spinks said, "I'm just the latest."

The 19-year-old chess grandmaster says the world champion has mounted a libelous campaign against him since Niemann defeated Carlsen in September.