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Scott Simon speaks with Dana Zzyym who says they are the first person to receive a passport with an 'X' gender marker.

The behavior of the Braves' fans is scrutinized as the World Series goes to Atlanta, and fallout continues in the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault case.

Polly is tired of being told "that's not what girls do." Then she meets a woman running for President, who makes a pinkie promise with her to always remember that girls can do anything.

World leaders meet in Rome for the G20 economic summit, minus those from Russia and China. President Biden takes the opportunity to smooth over relations between the U.S. and France.

Scott Simon speaks with Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, about how her organization helps Afghan refugee children resettle in the U.S.

Parts of the northern U.S., including Maryland, Illinois and Nevada, might get a Halloween treat: auroras from a massive solar flare. Usually, the northern lights are hard to see at lower latitudes.

Halloween is back! At least for one pre-K class in Oakland, California. They had a "trunk or treat" in their first semi-normal event in more than 18 months.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on a sense of rising nationalism in Japan. It's been reflected by support for a new history textbook. Critics accuse the book of revisionism.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on troubles at Hale House, the Harlem charity that has cared for babies who are born with the virus that causes AIDS -- or are born addicted to drugs. The New York state attorney general's office is investigating allegations over how the charity has raised and used its funds.

On Capitol Hill today, negotiators sat down to work out differences between the budget plan approved by the House and the one approved by the Senate. The House has approved a smaller increase in spending and a bigger cut in taxes, sticking close to the plan proposed by President Bush. But the Senate was a different story, because Democrats occupy half that chamber's seats. The Senate negotiating group that went to work today is also split 50-50 between the parties. NPR's David Welna reports from the Capitol.