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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Des Moines mayor Frank Cownie about his decision to challenge Iowa's governor and mandate masks in his city.

In the upcoming documentary All In: The Fight For Democracy, the voting rights advocate traces the growing challenges many Americans face when trying to cast a ballot.

In Mexico, state governments are outlawing the sale of junk food to minors because high rates of obesity and diabetes have led to increased deaths from COVID-19.

President Donald Trump denies he ever said anything against fallen soldiers, and maintains that the U.S. has "turned the corner" on the coronavirus, despite a dire new prediction on COVID deaths.

Latest Utah news from Friday evening, September 4, 2020

Florida banned visitors from nursing homes in March to guard against spreading the coronavirus. After six months, the state has finally allowed visits to facilities for residential care.

In a tight Senate race in Maine, opponents of Republican Sen. Susan Collins are focusing on her role in crafting a 2006 law that they say has crippled the U.S. Postal Service's finances.

The suspect in a fatal shooting of a protester in Portland was killed by law enforcement. Protests against police violence continue in Rochester, N.Y. And Trump holds a Pennsylvania rally.

NPR's Noel King speaks with Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers about the violence in Kenosha and how he hopes to address it, given that he lacks the support of the Republican-held state legislature.

Many are worried that Labor Day will be like the Fourth of July and Memorial Day, when travel and celebrations fanned the flames of viral spread, especially across the U.S. South and West.