This week on Get Out There, we cool down from the summer heat with a dip in the pool, a swim in the bay, a lick of ice cream, and a swing at indoor putt putt.

Virginia is hiring contact tracers and launching apps to contain the spread of COVID-19. It will give the state a better handle on cases, but could also allow officials to order sick patients to stay ...

Many beauty products, especially those marketed to African-American women, contain potentially toxic ingredients.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nebraska state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, a Democrat, about her weeks-long filibuster over a bill she says is "legislating hate." ...

A new study finds a link to warming temperatures and a rise in baseball home runs.

This week, we make our triumphant return to Tucson, and political consultant David Axelrod makes his return to our show. He helped get Obama elected, but what does Axelrod know about Axl Rose?

Al-Shabab militants attacked a college in Garissa, Kenya, killing nearly 150 people, wounding about 80 and holding others hostage. It was reminiscent of their 2013 attack on a Nairobi shopping mall.

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery, as June 19 was the day enslaved people in Texas learned they were free. Now a federal holiday, the actual practices for marking the day still vary widely.

Israeli nationalists marched through Palestinian neighborhoods of Jerusalem Tuesday, heightening tensions and providing a first test for the new Israeli government.

This week on Get Out There, we're talking all things beer. Elliott Johnson, CEO and co-founder of Soul Mega Beer Company, walks us through the local brewing scene.

Kent County, where former President Gerald Ford grew up, has long been Republican turf. But it is also a suburban community that Democrats think they can win in November.

Second audit shows that residency fraud at Duke Ellington more widespread than previously thought.