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American Reporter Evan Gershkovich was among the more than 20 prisoners exchanged by Russia, the U.S. and European countries.

A lot of major news stories happened this week. We review some of them.

Even as coal plants shut down, they leave behind massive piles of toxic coal ash. About half that coal ash is unregulated, and environmental groups want the Biden administration to change that.

The Olympics opening ceremony gets underway Friday on the River Seine. NPR's Michel Martin talks to the mayor of Paris’s central district about how the event is transforming the city.

The 3rd Annual Adaptive Golf Open is underway in Kansas as disabled golfers from 32 states and 11 countries vy for a championship. The field includes A 20 year old Utah golfer, paralyzed from a ski accident, who’s back defending the championship he won last year in the seated impairment category

In 1969, oil from an offshore well left beaches in Santa Barbara, Calif., coated with crude and littered with dead birds. The country's reaction helped create the modern environmental movement.

China's dynamic economy is slowing, giving some U.S. officials confidence America will have the upper hand with China in tough trade talks. But Chinese leaders may not be inclined to make concessions.

In his new book, the author imagines a world where officers known as Speculators track down liars, in a cross between a dystopian novel and a classic detective story.

Director Richard Linklater and actor Ethan Hawke discuss their new film Blue Moon, which focuses on one fateful night toward the end of lyricist Lorenz Hart's life.

Lawmakers are looking into how the big online platforms are displacing mainstream media and what that means for democracy.