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This month marks five years since the pandemic began, and here are 5 things that changed permanently.

Israel is mobilizing a large number of troops to fight Hamas, but there are shortages of basic supplies Israeli civilians are stepping up, however, sending whatever items are needed.

Among the first-time voters this fall are new citizens. NPR's Scott Simon caught up with three and asked how they view this election as newly minted Americans.

Senator Tim Kaine calls for Congress to reclaim its war powers over Venezuela strikes.

The Atlanta rapper, who was charged with participating in criminal gang activity in what has become the longest criminal trial in Georgia history, suddenly changed his plea on Thursday.

President Trump demands cities and states cooperate with immigration enforcement. In immigrant communities, that's led to panic and many rumors. A North Carolina nonprofit is helping dispel them.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Robert A. Pape of the University of Chicago about what happens when democracies use military force to occupy their own territory. Weeks of talk of sending federal troops into Chicago has set the city on edge.

The definitions and utility of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs are under scrutiny in the early days of the Trump Administration. We look at the broader impact of dismantling federal DEI.

The Gaza war has created a crisis for Egypt, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees huddled against its border, facing a looming assault from Israeli forces.

The Biden administration aims to establish minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes — part of a push to improve care for residents. Doing so amid staffing issues could prove challenging.

House of Nanking has long been known for simple and fresh homestyle multi-regional Chinese food. Now, Peter and Kathy Fang are sharing their story and culinary secrets in a new cookbook.

Melissa Block talks with Skip Hollandsworth about Bernie — a new film he co-wrote with Richard Linklater. The project started out as a Texas Monthly article Hollandsworth wrote back in 1998 called "Midnight in the Garden of East Texas." At the heart of the story is Bernie Tiede — a 39-year-old soft-spoken assistant at the local funeral home — who admitted to killing an 81-year-old heiress and stealing her money.

At the northern end of the Black Sea, Crimea sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, having been at various times in its long history either coveted, conquered or controlled by various powers.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota says Democrats are united on affordability and calls on the president to help end the shutdown.

Record high inflation is affecting millions of American households. A Black family in Maryland keeps perspective — and thrives — during these trying times.

We'll hear conversations from Appalachia — the mountain region that stretches from New York to the Deep South. This remains a region where incomes lag well behind the national average.

President Trump says 2026 will be better for American farmers, thanks in part to $12 billion in new federal "bridge payments." But optimism remains hard to come by in farm country.

A growing number of 20-somethings are trying to freeze time with preventative Botox treatments. Here's what's behind the trend.

Dorothy Roberts' parents, a white anthropologist and a Black woman from Jamaica, spent years interviewing interracial couples in Chicago. Her memoir draws from their records.

A Sarasota County judge dismissed a legal challenge to a controversial Siesta Key land swap, clearing the way for a 5,000-square-foot home to be built on a county-owned parcel originally purchased for preservation.

Stone was arrested Thursday in Florida and is expected to be in court there in several hours. He faces seven charges related to Trump's presidential campaign and congressional investigations into it.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump crisscrossed the country on the final day of campaigning before Election Day. On Monday night, Clinton held a rally at Independence Mall in Philadelphia.

Ukrainian women in their 50s and 60s say they've embraced cheerleading as a way to cope with the extreme stress and anxiety of four years of Russia's full-scale invasion.

NPR's Michel Martin asks Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., about the firing of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and President Trump's decision to tap GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin as her replacement.

Four years of Russia's all-out war on Ukraine have transformed not only Ukrainian cities but also how modern warfare is waged, in the first of this two-part story from Kherson.