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A hiker reported the mass stranding Saturday. By the time officials could reach the marine mammals, half were dead — and the rest were in such dire condition, they had to be euthanized.

Lou Anna Simon has been charged with lying to police. The charges are part of an investigation related to Nassar, the Olympics doctor who abused hundreds of women and girls.

Immunologist Daniel Davis says scientists are harnessing the power of the immune system to create new medications to fight cancer, auto-immune conditions and other diseases.

Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of James Alex Fields Jr., who is accused of ramming his car through a crowd of people protesting a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. Fields is charged with murder in the death of Heather Heyer and faces additional charges for wounding others.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks to Arno Hill, mayor of Lordstown, Ohio, home to one of five plants where General Motors plans to cut jobs. The town will lose more than 1,000 jobs as a result.

As car sales continue to slump, General Motors says it will end production at five factories in the U.S. and Canada. The company says it will lay off 15 percent of salaried workers.

In Washington, D.C., grandparents who are raising their grandkids have a new housing option: Plaza West, an apartment complex exclusively for this kind of nontraditional family.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to retired Lt. Gen. Steve Blum about the military logistics of law enforcement and engaging migrants at the border. About 8,000 U.S. military are deployed at the border.

The special election runoff in deep red Mississippi was expected to be a sleepy affair — a formality, even. Instead, the race has tightened as the GOP candidate stumbled over the state's racist past.

These metro areas saw the most dramatic turnarounds in this election from red to blue — and were responsible for Democrats taking back the House.