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Three and a half years after the start of the pandemic, employers are getting serious about increasing the amount of time workers spend in the office and trying new strategies to overcome resistance.

The Labor Department reports on job gains for July Friday morning. Forecasters expect the report to show a gradual cooling of the job market, with a still-low unemployment rate.

Hip-hop is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Commentator Kiana Fitzgerald is looking back at the albums that changed the game. Today, it's OutKast's album Aquemini.

StoryCorps is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Michael Wolmetz and Debora Brakarz got engaged at a StoryCorps booth nearly 20 years ago. They return to share an update about marriage and parenthood.

The aftermath of Hurricane Idalia could cause delays over the busy Labor Day weekend. Settlement talks falter in the Sept. 11 terrorism case. The Labor Department will release job numbers for August.

Veterans of the war in Afghanistan, religious groups and diplomats are still fighting to evacuate Afghans who helped the U.S. during the war.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the author Abraham Verghese about his new novel The Covenant of Water in which a family in India is haunted by a medical mystery.

This summer has seen a sharp increase in the number of Russian oil tankers shuttling crude to ports in China via Polar waters. Climate change means there's less ice for the vessels to navigate.

Women who are subject to unwanted attention and harassment on the beaches of southern France this summer are experimenting with a new app which summons police.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with GOP Rep. French Hill of Arkansas about his trip that he took to Syria with two other Republican members of Congress.