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The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees to win the World Series 4-1. It's the first title for the Dodgers since the COVID-shortened "asterisk" season of 2020.

An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.

When the Democrat from Southern California announced his retirement earlier this year, he opened up a seat that had been occupied for decades. The top-two vote getters will face off in November.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's survival strategy amid an economic crisis and plummeting popularity is to surround himself with military. Retired and active military officers now make up almost half Maduro's cabinet and hold most of the top ministerial portfolios.

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the top challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is accused of corruption and terror links. The opposition says Imamoglu's arrest is politically motivated.

Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered Sunday in the capital in the largest rally so far to demand accountability for a flood-control corruption scandal that has implicated powerful members of Congress and top government officials.

Talia Schlanger hosts World Cafe, which is distributed by NPR and produced by WXPN, the public radio service of the University of Pennsylvania. She got her start in broadcasting at the CBC, Canada's national public broadcaster. She hosted CBC Radio 2 Weekend Mornings on radio and was the on-camera host for two seasons of the television series CBC Music: Backstage, as well as several prime-time music TV specials for CBC, including the Quietest Concert Ever: On Fundy's Ocean Floor. Schlanger also guest hosted various flagship shows on CBC Radio One, including As It Happens, Day 6 and Because News. Schlanger also won a Canadian Screen Award as a producer for CBC Music Presents: The Beetle Roadtrip Sessions, a cross-country rock 'n' roll road trip.

Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on four counts related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to court documents.

A number of top election officials won't be around next year. Some are retiring after long careers, but others are feeling the strain of an increasingly demanding and politicized job.

The divide between the president's words and the policies carried out by his cabinet has been on full display this week on the Mueller investigation and Russian interference in the 2016 election.