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As a part of NPR's year-long series on global elections, we look at how U.S. allies and partners view the two presidential candidates ahead of next week's debate.

A couple of cooks in Maine are bringing strangers together for a pot-luck, hoping to build relationships by sharing a meal and talking about their lives.

Experts cautiously welcomed the news of the meeting. But they warn about raising expectations and that preparation is key, something that is not one of the administration's demonstrated strengths.

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, the heir apparent to the presidency, visited Muscatine, Iowa Wednesday. He spent a week with a family there in 1985 to learn about American agriculture. Des Moines Register reporter Kyle Munson discusses the relationships foreign leaders form with U.S. towns.

Practicing surgery on a piece of pork — that's how some doctors are learning to implant a new drug that curbs opioid cravings. It's not a skill set typically used in addiction medicine.

The city's leaders agreed to a compromise with state officials this week, that may save Detroit from bankruptcy. But Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley tells host Michel Martin that a lot more work needs to be done to save the struggling city. They're also joined by NPR Senior Business Editor Marilyn Geewax.

Without help from a resettlement agency, many Ukrainians rely on family or volunteers. Oleg Opalnyk, who has lived in Maine since 2001 and owns rental properties, is supporting 11 Ukrainian evacuees.

The mountainous hills of Western North Carolina are welcoming athletes of a growing and dangerous sport -- downhill skateboarding.

As former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush made the media rounds for his book Immigration Wars, he also addressed what he sees as the biggest structural challenge facing America. "We're no longer socially mobile as a country," he told MSNBC, voicing the concerns of many Americans.

When Mlny Parsonz rips into a phrase, you feel the wound. Watch Royal Thunder play the '70s-style boogie hard-rocker in a gorgeous house haunted by a dark specter.