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Spider-Man has kicked off summer blockbuster season with bigger — and broader — attendance than expected. The film opened strongly in 59 countries, with unusually diverse audiences in North America.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with author Chris Whipple about his upcoming book on Joe Biden, "The Fight of His Life," after classified documents were found at the president's residence and former office.

Rory McCarty used his TikTok community to raise almost $150,000 for 82-year-old Warren "Butch" Marion. Strangers just a month ago, the two have become close friends.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ken Kuttner, economics professor at Williams College, about the Federal Reserve's next expected interest rate hike. It would mark the eighth increase since March of 2022.

Harris County in Texas is home to Houston, and has tended to vote blue in the last decade. Republican state lawmakers recently passed bills that target how elections are run there.

Car trouble can set off a financial crisis for low-income people. In Dallas, a small nonprofit is trying to help, one car repair at a time.

Actress Lisa Loring, best known for her role as Wednesday on the first run of The Addams Family, died on Saturday. Loring semi-retired from acting in the mid-1990s.

Fire departments have tried to diversify their ranks for years with only modest success. The profession remains overwhelmingly white and male. One California training program is trying to change that.

Senegal has been wracked by unrest, violence and sporadic social media blackouts in a country that is usually seen as a beacon of democracy and calm in an unstable region of West Africa.

French unions have called for a strike to again protest the government's planned changes to the retirement system — especially the plan to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64.