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Superintendent J.H. Binford Peay III resigned on Monday amid allegations that the school's culture was hostile to Black cadets. The state is now investigating "structural racism" at VMI.

Amid a global pandemic and tensions with the U.S., China's Communist Party has unveiled its next Five Year Plan. It includes an ambitious campaign to reduce economic reliance on foreign countries.

Evanston, Ill., will make reparations available to Black residents in what's believed to be the first program of its kind in the U.S. They could get up to $25,000 for down payments or home repairs.

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Cara Buck, acting country director for Mercy Corps, about the recent earthquake in Haiti.

UN agencies and other aid groups say they're staying in Afghanistan. There are concerns about the safety of Afghans working for international organizations, since few believe the Taliban's assurances.

With 22 nominations each, NBC's Saturday Night Live and HBO's Westworld tied for the most Emmy nods for the 2016-2017 season. Netflix garnered 91 nominations — second among networks.

Bands and singers get tips on how to perform in front of enormous festival audiences in a program at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Jason Chaffetz, the Utah Republican, says he will not seek any office in 2018 — tamping down speculation that he could challenge Sen. Orrin Hatch in a re-election bid.

The global giraffe population has dropped sharply in recent decades, prompting calls to protect the species from habitat loss, illegal hunting and trophy seekers.

On Saturday, people from around the country will take to the streets in the March for Science. Organizers say that the point of the March is not to make science political, but to highlight the reality of science to politicians, as a guide in policymaking, in which science is an uncharted issue.