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After 40 days and 40 nights, a bipartisan group of Senate Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to reopen the government. But some oppose the deal because it doesn't reduce health care costs.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., about his opposition to the Senate deal to end the government shutdown.

Thousands of flights were canceled or delayed over the weekend after the Federal Aviation Administration limited commercial plane travel due to the government shutdown.

A spate of "Food Is Medicine" studies point to benefits of prescribing healthy food to people at risk of metabolic and diet-related diseases. A JAMA Internal Medicine study found a Rx Food program led to lower blood pressure in patients, which over the long term can reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

In Jamaica, survivors of Hurricane Melissa describe losing everything as the storm's fury lays bare the island's new climate reality.

World leaders will meet this week for the U.N. climate conference, known as COP30. The White House isn't sending anyone, leaving many wondering what role other countries will play in the summit.

The head of the BBC and a top news executive resigned Sunday over criticisms about the way the organization edited a speech by President Donald Trump for a documentary.

Food pantries were running low last week in a North Carolina county where about 1 in 4 residents receive SNAP assistance.

Homeland Security says its agents have deported more than 500,000 undocumented immigrants since January and that the vast majority are criminals. There's evidence this is not accurate.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Suzanne Rowan Kelleher of Forbes about how travelers can try to minimize delays now and in the holiday season given the FAA-mandated flight cancellations.