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Santa Rosa Blue Hole is a cool sapphire in the New Mexico desert. For decades, locals and tourists have plumbed the depths of this spring-fed swimming hole, and jumped off the ledges that surround it.

Turing Pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli has backed down on his plan for an astronomical price increase on a drug used to treat a deadly parasitic infection. The company did not say what the new price would be, but presumably less than the $750 a pill it had planned to charge. The move illustrates how Shkreli is more Wall Street speculator than pharmaceutical entrepreneur.

European Union leaders meet in Brussels to consider sending more money to countries and agencies looking after Syrians in the Middle East, and a plan to deport migrants who don't qualify as refugees.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Baher Mohamed, one of the reporters pardoned by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Wednesday.

Some 13,000 Afghans and Iraqis who worked with the U.S. are awaiting visas they were promised. NPR's Quil Lawrence looks at a case involving an Afghan interpreter who was in the thick of the fighting.

The deadline to fund government agencies is Sept. 30. Democrats blocked a vote on a bill to extend current funding because it would have deleted money for Planned Parenthood for a year.

Pope Francis arrives in New York Thursday evening for the second leg of his historic visit to the United States.

It's National Punctuation Day, and, mysteriously, some of the All Things Considered staff still use periods when texting. What punctuation is next to go? And what is making a comeback?

The chairman of the Republican Party suggests there's room for both immigrant-friendly and anti-immigrant voices in his party. His comments come as the GOP struggles to court minorities.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Associated Press reporter Aya Batrawy about the stampede that killed hundreds of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. She was an eyewitness to the aftermath and discusses the cause.