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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Laura Washington of The Chicago Tribune about the results of the Chicago mayoral election.

Montana state Rep.-elect Zooey Zephyr is the first openly trans woman elected to the state legislature. She and other lawmakers across the country are now faced with trying to curb anti-LGBTQ bills.

At a theater in Texas, the Popcorn Guy is a new TikTok sensation working behind the counter — making popcorn of a particularly buttery variety.

In a federal gun trafficking investigation dubbed Operation Fast and Furious, hundreds of guns allegedly flowed from the U.S. to Mexico. Republicans say some of those weapons can be traced to the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent. In hearings on Capitol Hill this week, Attorney General Eric Holder tried to explain what he knew, and when.

Russian officials said Vladlen Tatarsky was killed at a cafe in St. Petersburg. He was a well-known military blogger and strident supporter of the war in Ukraine. Some 30 people were wounded.

Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, her coffin borne by a horse-drawn gun carriage and trailed by grieving family members during a journey to the Houses of Parliament, where it will lie in state until the funeral early next week.

Theories abound about who is responsible for the attack and how they did it. On Wednesday, Russia arrested eight men alleged to have set off a truck bomb. Ukraine says Russia planned the attack.

The FBI is reviewing emails it discovered on a laptop belonging to the estranged husband of one of Hillary Clinton's top aides, and the agency has become a big part of the presidential election.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has already secured a guilty plea from former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos. Now attention is turning to who else may be on Mueller's radar.

Despite a global pandemic, election day is three months away and will feature a number of races that could affect which party will take control of Congress.