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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Gina McCarthy, climate adviser to the White House, about several executive actions to end oil and gas drilling on federal land that President Biden is signing.

A growing number of company executives are speaking out against Georgia's new voting law, which critics say will restrict voting access and disproportionately harm people of color.

Simpson died on Wednesday after a battle with cancer, his family said. His celebrity turned to infamy three decades ago when he was accused and then acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend.

Israel has expanded air strikes and ground operations in Gaza, knocking out communications for residents there — as the violence spirals nearly three weeks after the Hamas attack in Israel.

It bills itself as a "world-class African city" but these days residents say it's anything but — with the collapse of the water system and frequent power outages.

If your social calendar is burning a hole in your wallet, there are steps you can take to spend less while maintaining good relationships.

Windsor-Smith is known for his work on Conan the Barbarian and lots of X-Men titles. Now, he's back with a passion project about a man subjected to ghastly secret government experiments.

Residents of India's big financial city hail the end of an era as their classic black and yellow cabs ride off into the sunset.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Yoel Roth, Twitter's head of site integrity, about social media disinformation related to elections — and what his platform is doing about it.

Young bankers on Wall Street are re-assessing their careers as the pandemic blurred lines between home and office hours.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Masha Gessen, author of Surviving Autocracy, about the state of U.S. democracy, as House Republicans continue to embrace former President Trump's lies about the election.

State lawmakers are preparing ambitious plans for their legislative sessions in 2020. NPR's Noel King talks to Reid Wilson of The Hill about new state laws and the trends behind them.

Wall Street executives are pushing vaccinated workers to return to work, and that's good news for vendors and other small businesses in New York that depend on workers from finance.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch team about his recent article, "The Long, Necessary History of 'Whiny' Black Protesters At College."

The lab has access to a high-security facility that Pfizer needed to prove its COVID-19 vaccine was working. Now the scientists there are testing the vaccine's effectiveness against viral variants.

U.S. troops have left Afghanistan, ending America's longest war. Biden has detailed outreach efforts to Americans in Afghanistan.

If Friday's school shooting in Connecticut follows the pattern set by other mass tragedies, huge numbers of Americans are worrying about the safety of their kids at school. How is our perception of risk is shaped by tragedy, and what happens when our perceptions do not line up with the facts?

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Charles Ramsey, former police commissioner in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, about the deadly shooting of five Dallas police officers.

David Greene talks to Guy Raz, host of the new NPR podcast "How I Built This," about the shapewear that made Sara Blakely a billionaire. She invented Spanx.

Robert Siegel speaks with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia about the election results in his state.

Makers of spaghetti sauce, vinegar and liquor all say they're struggling with yet another pandemic shortage — this time of glass jars and bottles.

A new state law prohibits businesses, schools and governments from requiring proof of vaccination.

Should people who get a COVID booster get a different vaccine from their original shot? The results of a highly anticipated study suggest that in some cases the answer may be yes.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Texas State Rep. James Talarico, one of the dozens of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state Monday to derail a vote on voting restrictions proposed by Republicans.

NPR's Noel King talks to Julie Appleby, a senior correspondent with Kaiser Health News, about how patients can benefit from a new law that forces hospitals to post their prices.