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Earlier this week, the NCAA and ACC decided to pull their conferences out of North Carolina, citing the controversial bathroom bill as the reason for their decision. North Carolina State Sen. Tamara Barringer is a Republican who voted for the bill in March, but has since called on lawmakers to repeal the bill. She is one of two Republican senators in the state to do so. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Barringer about why she made that decision.

The Red Sox are one win away from their ninth World Series title after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6 on their home turf Saturday night.

New arrivals in the top 10 include James and Charlotte, the Social Security Administration says.

Daniel Tammet is a savant who experiences his world through equations and calculations. His new book, a collection of essays called Thinking In Numbers, explores language, history and even love through numbers.

A grandson moved the remains of three of Mandela's children. Other relatives sued. Now, a court has ordered that the remains be returned to their original burial site. And criminal charges have been prepared against the grandson.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is urging easing economic tensions with Qatar amid efforts by the U.S. to apply new sanctions against Iran.

Lawmakers are holding a hearing on reparations for African Americans. Darrick Hamilton, the executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, speaks with NPR's Noel King.

June 19 is a commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States, marking the day enslaved people in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Parts of the four-day event will be held in Charlotte, while others will be virtual. It begins with a roll call and official re-nomination of President Trump as the GOP nominee.

The Justice Department charged another Russian with interference in U.S. elections; Paul Manafort appeared in a Virginia court on Friday.