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NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on how many U.S. math teachers are turning to Singaporean textbooks. Unlike most American math texts, the books from Singapore use the metric system, plenty of sample problems, and step-by-step instructions. Teachers say the books help students grasp mathematical concepts better and faster.

Susan talks with Talcott Seelye, a former U.S. ambassador to Syria, for a diplomat's view of the late Hafez Assad.

Earlier this month, Republican Larry Elder refused to promise to accept the recall election results. His campaign had set up a website where people could report suspicious election activity.

On Sept 15, 2001, a causeway bridge leading from Port Isabel to South Padre Island collapsed and killed eight people. Twenty years later, survivors and rescuers can talk about it for the first time.

Batting slumps can be all too common in professional baseball, as many frustrated players from the Aberdeen Arsenal have discovered. In the fourth of a series of summer commentaries about this new minor league team, NPR's Neal Conan talks about the physical and psychological forces behind a batting slump.

Oregon lawmakers have passed a sweeping new plan to prevent more wildfires like last year. But some are pushing back against proposed mandates to keep homes from burning.

North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into waters off its eastern coast. That happened two days after claiming to have tested a missile that's newly developed.

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.

Roach researched animal misbehaviors for her new book, Fuzz. Though animals are all but charged with crimes when they run afoul of human values, she learns, they often have the last laugh.

Contemporary folk artist Gilbert talks with Lisa Simeone about how his identity drives his music. Gilbert is an African-American guitarist, singer and songwriter in a field dominated by whites. But he finds his music cuts across racial and ethnic lines. Excerpts from his latest CD Somerville Live (Disismye 003) recorded in his home state, Massachusetts.