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Labour Party leader Keir Starmer called Prime Minister Boris Johnson's apology worthless, adding that his defense is that "he didn't realize he was at a party."

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Christina Chin, a sociologist of sports at California State University, Fullerton, about the recent success of Asian American figure skaters.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Secret History, a Futurama reboot and more.

Buckingham Palace said the 95-year-old monarch is experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms and will continue with light duties over the next week. She has received three jabs of coronavirus vaccine.

The breadth of what it means to be a Black American is widening, according to new analysis of the latest migration statistics.

The state's coal industry is shrinking fast; more than 10,000 workers have lost their jobs since 2008. A small firm in eastern Kentucky is turning unemployed coal workers into software developers.

Pfizer and BioNTech are poised to formally ask the Food and Drug Administration to authorize the first COVID booster shot for kids ages 5 to 11.

The Republican-led House rejects any timetable for pulling U.S. forces out of Iraq, and passes a non-binding resolution formally declaring Iraq as one of the theaters in the war on terrorism.

Nnegest Likke, the writer and director of the movie Phat Girlz, talks with Ed Gordon about the film.

That lighted, flashing floor where John Travolta strutted his stuff in the movie Saturday Night Fever is now the subject of a lawsuit almost as hot as the Bee Gees. Two businessmen are tangling over who owns this piece of disco history.

The so-called "Downing Street Memo" — a secret British pre-Iraq war memo that some critics believe proves Bush administration officials "fixed" intelligence to build support for the war — gets a public hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill. But what does the memo, and the other leaked documents that support it, actually say? Alex Chadwick discusses the document with Slate defense policy analyst Fred Kaplan.

The radio shock jock Howard Stern made his first appearance on a new venue Monday morning. Sirius satellite radio has given Stern the liberty to do almost anything he wants -- and the paycheck to afford pretty much anything he wants.

Florence Nightingale once warned about a major cruelty inflicted on sick people: unnecessary noise. And despite advances in medicine, researchers say today's hospitals are still as noisy as bus stations. But at Johns Hopkins Hospital, engineers are trying to create some peace and quiet.

Renting a place to live is getting a lot more expensive, according to a survey that tracks rental listings across the biggest 50 U.S. cities.

We take a moment to consider the "Bic For Her" pen and what other products might follow in its wake.

From The Muppet Show to The Twilight Zone and a creepy animated version of Alice in Wonderland, author Neil Gaiman shares his film and television favorites for the occasional Morning Edition series Watch This. Gaiman calls the Muppets "one of the comedic glories of the human race."

President Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, faces a second day of questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

More than half of China's biggest cities are still under some form of lockdown measures. They're costing people economically and emotionally.

The leak of a draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade throws into sharp relief the cloistered existence of the U.S. Supreme Court — and tensions with journalists who seek to pierce that veil.

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art bids farewell today to its longtime director, Philippe de Montebello, by opening an exhibition of carefully culled objects acquired during his 31-year tenure.

Late-night hosts and comedians Desus Nice and The Kid Mero pick their favorite Tiny Desk concerts.

Now is the time when critics make their year-end lists. Unfortunately, you cannot please everyone, and if enough people read your list, you will eventually run into these 20 unhappy people.

Fishing in the Gulf of California has nearly wiped out the vaquita marina. But a new genetic analysis offers hope for the engandered porpoise: the species can make a comeback, if humans protect it.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about JPMorgan Chase buying First Republic Bank's deposits, some assets and certain liabilities.

There's more to learn at school than reading and math. Teaching kids to control their emotions, solve problems and work well with others can help them succeed as teens and adults.