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Author Beth Macy details opioids' odyssey from medicine to scourge, in her book about young heroin users, their long-suffering parents, doctors, drug company executives, cops, judges and drug dealers.

Low-income residents living near highways and agricultural and industrial zones are getting hit with a "double whammy" as wildfire smoke drifts to areas where the air is often polluted already.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice-chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, about Monday's press conference by Russian President Putin and President Trump, and how they addressed the issue of Russian election interference.

NPR's Noel King talks with conservative talk show host Chris Buskirk about how Trump supporters are reacting to the president's statements about Russian interference in the U.S. election.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Ohio Gov. John Kasich about how the Republican party of Abraham Lincoln is holding up in the era of Trump.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, about his meetings with National Security Council officials and other government officials following the Trump-Putin summit.

Rachel Martin talks to Bleacher Report's deputy managing editor Adena Andrews about the website's picks for the most influential people in sports culture.

Michel Martin speaks with The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus and Fred Hiatt about a debate playing out on their op-ed page: whether Trump staffers are enabling the president or preventing catastrophe.

Far more immigrants and asylum-seekers are crossing the Spanish border than those entering other usual Mediterranean entry points Greece and Italy.

Embattled drugmaker Purdue Pharma defends OxyContin as some insurers are dropping the drug in favor of other abuse-deterrent opioid painkillers.