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Normally at this stage in a Chinese president's tenure, a successor would be obvious. But not for President Xi Jinping. That has led to speculation he might want to hold on to power past 2022.

A new survey from NPR shows that black people often feel differently about discrimination depending on their gender, how old they are, how much they earn and whether they live in cities or suburbs.

We talk with Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who says he will sit out of a planned re-election on Thursday. Kenya's top court ordered a new election after overturning an earlier vote.

The ramen company Nissin has developed a noise-canceling fork. It detects the sound of someone slurping noodles and directs your smartphone to play a masking sound.

Also: Congress approves a disaster aid package for hurricane and wildfire relief; China's new ruling Politburo is announced; and the World Series opens in Los Angeles in record heat.

NPR editor Ron Elving weighs in on Sen. Flake's impassioned speech on the Senate floor that he will not seek re-election in 2018. Sen. Bob Corker is another GOP Senator not running for re-election.

After a somewhat frenzied exit from the island of Ambae, officials are trying to ensure residents' return trips are orderly.

Soon after Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived, Manila announced the end of an ISIS-inspired insurgency in Marawi. But there was no mention of significant U.S. support in the months-long operation.

Amazon Key, which requires a smart lock and Amazon's new Cloud Cam security camera, would allow deliveries to be placed inside. Eventually, it could be used to let in contractors or pet sitters.

The physicist had just won the 1921 Nobel Prize when he scribbled his theory of happy living on a piece of hotel stationery and handed it to the courier at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo.