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President Trump picked former airline executive Stephen Dickson to lead the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA has been without a permanent leader for more than a year.

A Haitian businessman who lives in Petionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, says he stood in line for 8 hours to get gasoline. Still, says Pierre Brisson, who was interviewed last week on All Things Considered, he considers himself among the lucky ones.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Carol Anderson, an Emory University professor and the author of One Person, No Vote, about the problems Georgia voters faced during Tuesday primary.

Jasmine Warga's middle grade novel in verse follows a Syrian immigrant girl struggling to fit in with her relatives in unfamiliar Cincinnati. It's remarkably sensitive, and deceptively easy to read.

In his new book, the New York Times columnist explores how the U.S. fell from industrial, political and academic glory after the Cold War. "Just when we needed to be lacing up our shoes and running faster, we put our feet up," he says.

The World Cup thrills continued over the weekend, with big names falling by the wayside. NPR's Michel Martin talks soccer with Roger Bennett, one of the "Men in Blazers" podcasters.

The British intervened three times in Afghanistan in the 80 years up to 1919. It was the western frontier of their empire, the gateway to their most precious possession, India. They wanted to keep the Russians out. The new exhibition at the National Army Museum in London has relevance today.

NPR's Noel King talks to Maria Polletta of The Arizona Republic about the controversy in the state surrounding Nike's decision to pull its "Betsy Ross Flag" shoes.

Hurricane Harvey has been downgraded to a tropical storm but it is still dumping a lot of rain on Texas. In the capital Austin, thousands of people are without power.

Pakistan's Supreme Court has delayed hearing the blasphemy case of a woman sentenced to death in 2010 for insulting the prophet Muhammad. Liberal activists are calling for her release.