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High-level al-Qaida militant Ilyas Kashmiri reportedly has been killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan. Host Scott Simon talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep in Islamabad.

For the seventh year in a row, Lance Armstrong has won the Tour de France. And this was a victory lap of sorts. Armstrong will retire at 33. Racing fans will miss him, but look forward to new competition.

Four NPR staffers recommend new novels in an early taste of our annual Books We Love round-up: "How High We Go in the Dark," "Vladimir," "Mecca" and "The Candy House."

Essence might be the longest-running magazine for black women, but the authors of a new book, The Man From Essence, say that the road to building the brand had many twists and turns.

Top stories include waiting to parse the June unemployment rate numbers; and a top Syrian general defects and travels to France to meet with other Syrian opposition leaders.

Also: Progressives hope Janet Yellen is the next Federal Reserve chief; Mexico gets hit with two tropical weather systems; militants kill a top Afghan policewoman; and the new Miss America is the first Indian-American to win the crown.

Nancy Pelosi's decision marks the end of an era for Democrats, and triggers a search for a new generation of leadership for her caucus.

From online classes to warnings against xenophobia — and at least one "COVID-cat" — here's how schools are coping with the global health crisis.

A meteorologist goes up against Alabama's deadly tornadoes, as NPR's Invisibilia explores our relationship with uncertainty.

Women in power often have to choose between being seen as likeable but incompetent, or competent but cold. We explore what's known as "double bind" — assumptions about men, women and leadership.