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As many as 300 African American residents were slaughtered when white mobs descended on Tulsa's Greenwood district nearly a century ago. The lead plaintiff is a 105-year-old survivor of the massacre.

NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who ran for president of Belarus against long-time incumbent Alexander Lukashenko. She says the election was fraudulent.

Some activists are sitting out protests after deadly incidents around the country. Others say they are not deterred but are taking extra safety precautions.

In Owensboro, Kentucky, the the unemployment rate this summer was actually lower than it was before the pandemic.

"I didn't call them to come help my brother die," Joe Prude told NPR. "I called them to come help me get my brother some help."

The mayor of Rochester, N.Y., has ordered the immediate suspension of seven police officers over the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died after being restrained during his arrest in March.

Fewer jobs were added to the economy last month even as the unemployment rate fell to 8.4%. Job growth has slowed since June in a sign of what could be a long and painful recovery from the recession.

Another typhoon is bearing down on the search area as rescuers rush to find more survivors from the Gulf Livestock 1, which went down Wednesday with 43 crew and some 5,800 head of cattle aboard.

As Lebanon reels from multiple tragedies, conservationists are pointing to one bright spot. They say a record number of endangered green sea turtles have come to nest on the country's shores.

The effort was launched after a sniffer dog named Flash signaled to his Chilean search and rescue team that someone might be alive under a pile of concrete and debris.