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While many residents of long-term care facilities agree to get vaccinated, an overwhelming number of employees at those facilities are not getting the shots.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Rachel Cohen, who wrote that she was resigning from her major law firm if it would not stand up to threats from the Trump administration.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Cedric Richmond, a senior adviser to President Biden, about the administration's efforts to get an ambitious COVID-19 relief bill through Congress.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who says the border is more secure now than in 2019.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with security expert Juliette Kayyem of Harvard's Kennedy School about domestic security in a time of war.

User-generated content specific to TikTok has propelled songs old and new to viral success. That's left the record labels looking to the app for their next stars.

Mountain Rose Herbs opened more than 20 years ago as a home-based, mail-order company. Now it sends herbs, spices and essential oils to more than one-quarter of a million customers. The appeal of its organic, zero-waste policies may give this company a necessary edge in a poor economy.

The latest lab data suggests that a new COVID-19 booster will protect against a worrisome variant. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 5, 2023.)

Montana has seen a record number of hot days this summer. More are forecasted as the climate changes. The state is trying to adapt with some help from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Bruce Springsteen this week set a record for his longest concert ever: 4 hours and 1 minute. Ahead of his concert in Foxboro, Mass., lawmakers voted to extend the curfew from 11:15 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Fewer jobs were added to the economy last month even as the unemployment rate fell to 8.4%. Job growth has slowed since June in a sign of what could be a long and painful recovery from the recession.

A new collection of poetry from Emily Bright explores the early days of motherhood.

President Trump has been focusing on some of the lesser-known conflicts in the world as peace remains elusive for Ukraine and Gaza.

Perry Bamonte, a keyboard and guitar player in the English band The Cure, has died. He was 65 years old. In a statement, the band called him "quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative."

Many years ago, Karleen was physically attacked by her then-boyfriend. Terrified, she left their condo, sat down on the curb, and began to cry. Then, a kind stranger invited her to Hanukkah.

Two friends, Victoria Cruz and Carlos Villacres, remember Osvaldo Gómez, known as Ms. Colombia, who was a fixture in Jacob Riis Park in Queens. She gave free legal advice to fellow Colombians.

Sherill Baldwin can often be found at an overgrown cemetery in Connecticut. She found it by chance, but now she's part of a movement of "cemetery citizens"--providing some TLC to forgotten plots.

The White House presented a plan for peace to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky this week, but the proposal requires major concessions from Ukraine.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Tomas {TAHM-us} Philipson, a former senior economic adviser in President Trump's first term, about the impact of the president's wartime threats on the global economy.

World leaders will meet at the Munich Security Conference Friday to discuss the future of Europe's security.

The singer of Jay and the Americans was known as the voice in 1960s hits including "This Magic Moment" and "Come a Little Bit Closer."

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Sam Holleran, one of the authors behind the new book Scattered Steel: the afterlife of the World Trade Center.

The folk singer, who died in 2014, was famous for his songs about working people, unions and social justice. In this 1984 interview, Seeger cited Woody Guthrie as one his most important influences.

The punk group that helped define the riot grrrl movement of the early 1990s hasn't reunited — but its members have teamed up to give those who weren't listening the first time around a second chance to appreciate the music and the message.

Hear how immigrants in Florida without the required documents are bracing for tough new immigration policy, and what a Trump presidency could mean for state politics.