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Beyoncé became the first Black female artist to top the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. But she was notably absent from this year’s Country Music Association Awards nominations.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Sports Illustrated journalist Jon Wertheim about the opening days of Wimbledon.

A Pentagon investigation has cleared General John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. The Pentagon had been looking into whether the general's email correspondence with a Florida socialite was inappropriate and violated military rules. Allen's nomination to become the top commander of NATO is still on hold, however.

We look at Kiera Wright-Ruiz's illustrated children's book, "I Want to Be Spaghetti," which chronicles a packet of ramen's longing to be the more popular Italian noodle.

The candidates — three Democrats and one Republican — clashed over issues including the conflict between Israel and Hamas as they faced off in a 90-minute debate in Los Angeles Monday evening.

Idaho is having its worst summer for wildfire smoke in 25 years and has been America's top smoke producer since June. One megafire will likely only stop when snows arrive.

Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy paper, Apple Daily, says it is shutting down. Its accounts have been frozen and much of its top leadership has been arrested.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the United Nations' top humanitarian official Stephen O'Brien about his recent trip to Syria. "This will be a lost generation," O'Brien says of conditions there.

A new happiness report finds sharp declines in well-being among adolescents and young adults in the U.S. But the picture is better for people aged 60 and older, marking a striking generational divide.

At colleges across the U.S., football coaches are often among the highest paid people. NPR's Planet Money looks into what makes them so valuable.