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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Louisiana State Health Officer Dr. Joseph Kanter and Oregon Public Health Director Rachael Banks on President Biden's strategy to slow the new surge of coronavirus cases.

President Trump has ordered the Justice Department to file a request to modify a court agreement known as the Flores settlement to allow for immigrant families to be detained together at the border. The settlement has governed the detention of immigrant children since the mid-80s.

The moves announced Wednesday came as the White House and Congress worked on economic proposals to contain the fallout from the coronavirus.

Scientists are trying to develop drugs to counteract an "undruggable" genetic variant that's responsible for about 30 percent of all cancer cases. It's high risk — high reward research.

Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy comes to an end with Acceptance; reviewer Jason Sheehan says it's a maddening, fascinating read that will stay with you long after you finish the last page.

Alvin Campbell Jr. is accused of sexually assaulting nine women over three years and will go on trial for rape and other charges. His sister is Massachusetts' Attorney General Andrea Campbell.

Trump senior advisor Kari Lake envisions the agency that includes the international broadcaster Voice of America with 81 staffers after mid-August — down from about 1,300 full-time employees and contractors.

The recently signed mutual defense treaty could be used to justify thewidening of the war in Ukraine, as the U.S. says North Korean and Russian troops are already battling Ukrainian forces.

"The business activities of our investors and the rights of our nationals must not be unjustly infringed," a foreign ministry spokesman said after about 300 South Koreans were detained.

Tolls were suspended Sunday on Florida’s Turnpike and other roads in South Florida and Central Florida, as local mandatory evacuation orders started and…

As a congressman, Ron DeSantis carved out a name for himself railing against Medicaid spending.

Long before the University of South Florida began efforts to consolidate the accreditations of its three campuses and offer programs system-wide, USF St.…

A runner in Austin, Texas has found a way to help people staying at home because of coronavirus: She picks and delivers items as part of her running route.

A new session of Congress opens, with Nancy Pelosi looking to get reelected speaker with her slimmer majority.

Agustin Gurza of UCLA's Frontera Collection has been studying stickers affixed to old 78 rpm records. It has allowed him to uncover a history of Mexican American music in the United States.

Since the 1960s, a bright white light has appeared outside a tiny town in Michigan. Local folklore held it was a ghost. Researchers found a more grounded explanation, but people still flock to see it.

Officials say charges could be brought ranging from trespassing to felony murder.

President Biden has been working to unwind many of the executive actions taken by former President Donald Trump. But the administration has warned that the changes will take time.

The next target audience for Visit Florida will be the West Coast, expanding earlier efforts that targeted travelers from East Coast cities who could drive or take short flights to Florida.

Raul Castro is expected to step down as head of Cuba's ruling Communist Party at the party's Congress beginning today. But that doesn't mean Cuba's one-party-system is likely to see any big changes.

DeSantis is also calling for increased campus security and continued his call to slash property taxes.

The Tokyo Marathon had just a tiny fraction of its usual runners this weekend. Japan is canceling events both big and small in an attempt to curb coronavirus spread ahead of the summer Olympics.

A father and son reflect how their family has honed toolmaking through three generations at their Brooklyn, N.Y., shop. Despite pandemic stresses, they hope to be in business well into the future.

Ai Weiwei, the world-renowned Chinese artist and dissident, has created a deeply autobiographical work for the Venice Biennale exhibit. It is a series of dioramas about his life as a political prisoner, when he was jailed for criticizing the corruption and shoddy construction that caused the deaths of 5,000 children when schools collapsed in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

Scientists have long thought some of the carnage from the 2012 hurricane might be attributable to a warming climate. New research calculates the additional flooding due to rising sea levels.