Air traffic controllers are finding it increasingly difficult to keep doing their jobs without getting a paycheck during the government shutdown. Some are starting to speak out.

Everett Kelley, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, talks about a judge's ruling stopping the Trump administration from firing federal worker during the shutdown.

Democratic leaders are suing the Trump administration for ending food aid programs during the shutdown. They argue, despite the administration's claims, there are emergency funds available.

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point Wednesday, because the central bank is more concerned about the job market than it is with battling inflation.

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in eastern Cuba, Israel orders strikes on Gaza weeks into the ceasefire, Air traffic controllers face mounting pressure as they work without pay during the shutdown.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with author Shea Serrano about his new book, "Expensive Basketball," an examination of some of the game's most iconic players and moments.

Sudan's army has lost its last foothold of el-Fasher, in Darfur, to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Now warnings are mounting of a second genocide as mass killings unfold before the world.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Sudanese-American poet Emi Mahmoud about the fall of Al-Fashir to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan.

Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record, made landfall for the second time in 14 hours, striking Cuba Wednesday after unleashing powerful winds and flooding across Jamaica.

School leaders hope lockdown drills will help protect their students in the event of a mass shooting. But what does it do to students' mental health?