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The International Paralympic Committee says there's not enough money to fund the games, which start next month. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with IPC spokesman Craig Spence about the financial crisis.

This week in politics, Donald Trump shook up his campaign staff again and the Clintons signaled they'd make changes to their foundation if Hillary Clinton were elected president.

On 8/21/41, the movie "Sun Valley Serenade" had its world premiere and featured the song, "Chattanooga Choo Choo." Playwright Murray Horwitz tells NPR's Scott Simon why the song became a monster hit.

Experts have long warned that America's patchwork of old and unsecured voting systems leaves votes vulnerable to tampering — and in ways that wouldn't have to involve a foreign attack.

Researchers from the Nautilus exploration vessel came upon the bright purple creature with giant eyes. It may look like a cartoon character, but it's real. It's also pretty tough, a researcher says.

It could still take weeks to contain the raging blaze in Southern California, which has destroyed nearly 100 homes and put more than 80,000 people under mandatory evacuation orders.

Streisand's latest album is Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, a collection of duets with film stars. NPR's Scott Simon caught her in a stolen moment between tour stops.

Burnett is married to a man just a wee bit younger than she is, so we're asking her three questions about big cats. Originally broadcast Oct. 10, 2015.

The 42nd president has been popular and controversial over a long career.

"I was in my own world, I was crushed," says boxer Shakur Stevenson, 19, after losing the gold medal to Cuba's Robeisy Ramirez at Rio's Summer Olympics in a split-decision Saturday.