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California's Orange County was long a Republican stronghold. But growing numbers of left-leaning Asian-American voters there have helped make several of the county's House races more competitive.

In Monterey Park, Calif., there are more questions than answers following the killings of 11 people and wounding of 10 others at a dance studio. Most of the victims were older and of Asian descent.

The state's corrections department says it aims to move all condemned inmates to other state prisons and off death row by the end of the year.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Lake Elsinore Mayor Natasha Johnson why the public isn't allowed to visit the California city's canyons for this year's super bloom of poppies.

McCarver had a long run as the one of the country's most recognized, incisive and talkative television commentators.

U.S. authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company, prosecutors announced.

Marilyn Rivera Torres, a realtor in Puerto Rico, says the lockdown has dried up her finances. Confusion over the governor's executive orders also make it unclear how to resume her business.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Karthick Ramakrishnan, a public policy professor at the University of California, Riverside, about the South Asian political moment at the parties' conventions.

Jazz Night stops by the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix. Hear a recap of a tour — the museum hosts more than 370 exhibits — and a performance by mambo big band Orquesta Akokán.

Five years after Hurricane Maria, PRoTechos, a local nonprofit, helps repair damaged roofs the government overlooked or that were fixed poorly. It also trains people to make future repairs themselves.