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On Tuesday, a statue of J. Marion Sims, known as the "father of modern gynecology," was removed from New York's Central Park. NPR's Michel Martin talks with historian Vanessa Gamble about Sims' experiments on enslaved black women.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Democratic Rep. Tim Walz of Minnesota about his proposed bill that would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to study the use of cannabis as a painkiller.

It's little known that the CIA uses Amazon Web Services to store its data, and, now, it's the favorite for a big-money Pentagon contract to do the same. Amazon's tentacles go to other agencies, too.

The country music legend is still writing and recording original material at age 84.

An exhibit at the National Building Museum has been adapted from Matthew Desmond's 2017 Pulitzer-Prize-winning book Eviction: Poverty and Profit in the American City into an "immersive" experience.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes Monday on President Trump's pick for secretary of state. But, it's looking like Mike Pompeo will not get the panel's backing.

The CIA director faces a narrow path through a closely divided Senate, but Republicans are confident he has the votes to win confirmation on the floor later this week.

Dylan McWilliams was surfing in Hawaii recently and was bitten by a shark. Previously he suffered a bear bite and a rattlesnake bite. McWilliams is a survival training instructor.

North Korea has announced that it will stop ballistic missile tests. Steve Inskeep talks to Wendy Sherman, ex-undersecretary of state, about the impact this has on upcoming talks with President Trump.

The songstress who sang "That Don't Impress Me Much" now says she's sorry for saying she would have voted for Donald Trump if she were an eligible American voter.