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More than a dozen Democratic presidential candidates are in San Francisco for the California Democratic Party State Convention. The state has an early primary and more pull in the 2020 race.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Roberto Andrade Franco about Andy Ruiz Jr. becoming the first heavyweight boxing champ of Mexican descent after one of the sport's biggest upsets.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with The Undefeated's William C. Rhoden about Toronto Raptors' General Manager Masai Ujiri's unlikely path to the NBA and his charity work in Africa.

"The American people are fed up with illegal robocalls," FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said. "And we believe that we need to make it easier for phone companies to block these robocalls."

The House intelligence committee met behind closed doors with the inspector general of the intelligence community amid reports the president's communications with a foreign leader raised concerns.

Following a campaign marked by extreme violence, Mexicans go to the polls today to elect a new president as well as a raft of other lawmakers and government officials.

Police Officer Jason Van Dyke faces charges in the Oct. 20, 2014, shooting of Laquan McDonald on busy street on Chicago's Southwest Side. On Tuesday, he gave a teary defense of that night.

AAA predicts some 54 million Americans will travel during the days around Thanksgiving. Unseasonable weather could cause headaches.

Democrats unveiled new legislation to enhance background checks on the eighth anniversary of the Tucson shooting that injured former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz. But the gun lobby vows to oppose it.

The attacks took place at an upscale complex in Kenya's capital. An explosion tore through a bank, then a suicide bomb detonated in a hotel lobby before attackers entered the building, shooting.