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NPR's Rachel Martin and Slate's Mike Pesca talk about the World Series, the Cubs win, and whether baseball's popularity will increase after this year's dramatic baseball season finale.

Latino players have long felt lost in translation in the minor and major leagues. How MLB is taking on this linguistic and cultural challenge.

Catch share programs — where fishermen are allotted a set quota of the catch --reduce the notoriously risky behavior fishermen are known for, like sailing in stormy weather, a new study finds.

Chicago police charged Jussie Smollett with disorderly conduct after he allegedly filed a false report about being attacked. The story has been wracked with controversy since it emerged last month.

President Trump thinks the caravan of migrants headed toward the United States is a political winner for Republican candidates. He's made it part of his pitch to voters ahead of the midterms.

Armed with a Ph.D from Columbia University, Ousmane Ndiaye wants to tell farmers when the rain will (and won't) fall. But he's the first to say he's not always right.

A 7-year trial in Mali provided house calls and health care at no charge for pregnant women and young children. The results inspired the president to make a bold pronouncement.

President Trump is defending himself after reports said the FBI opened an investigation into whether the president was working for the Kremlin. And, the government shutdown is in its fourth week.

A wildfire that struck the Santa Barbara area over the weekend is part of a "new normal" of California fires: they hit populated areas hard and they spread fast.

Special prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigation is done and Attorney General Barr has sent a letter briefing the chair of the congressional judiciary committees. What can we expect in coming days?