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Unionized employees at HarperCollins Publishers have spent more than 50 days on strike. Their prolonged fight tests the limits of worker power in publishing and other white collar industries.

Ida has weakened to a tropical storm as it moves up Louisiana and into Mississippi. It caused great havoc and destruction, and killed at least one person on its path through southeastern Louisiana.

Hurricane Ida roared ashore in southern Louisiana on Sunday, and left behind much destruction. Many trees are down and roofs were ripped off homes and businesses. Power is out in many areas.

Some 30,000 people are now under orders to evacuate from the Lake Tahoe Region, as the out-of-control Caldor Fire is spreading rapidly in extremely windy and hot conditions.

New York's first female governor, Kathy Hochul, tells NPR there will be "no drama, no surprises" from her administration.

Biden says Aug. 31 remains the deadline for the U.S. to leave Afghanistan. The Supreme Court orders the "Remain in Mexico" policy reinstated for asylum-seekers. A Democratic budget stalemate ends.

With Rupert Murdoch being questioned under oath, Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News has hit a critical juncture: Both sides are gearing up for a trial.

Among the buildings lost to Hurricane Ida was 427 South Rampart St., where Louis Armstrong spent much of his childhood with the Jewish family he worked for. They encouraged him to get into music.

Joe Valiente, director of emergency management in Jefferson Parish, La., says the damage caused by the hurricane is "incredible," with extensive impact on the electrical grids in the area.

The election that will decide whether Gavin Newsom remains the state's governor is less than a month away. Polls indicate a tight race between those who want to keep him and those who want him out.