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After six weeks of emotionally charged testimony, jury deliberation begins in the New York federal trial of disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly. If convicted, he could spend 10 years to life in prison.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Rebecca Parma, senior legislative associate at Texas Right to Life, about a federal judge blocking the enforcement of the abortion ban in Texas.

Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Midwestern farmers and Wall Street investors all see China as a business opportunity. Yet in Washington, China is first and foremost a security threat.

There's a growing call for entertainment award categories to no longer be split by gender. Some nonbinary performers say these gendered divisions erase their identity.

Audie Cornish talks to political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Amy Holmes, anchor of The Hotlist on TheBlaze.com, about the politics of the Ebola crisis and midterm elections.

NPR's Noel King talks Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner and a Pfizer board member, about the CDC's recommendation that fully vaccinated individuals now wear masks indoors.

Employees at the health care company One Medical have accused the provider of mismanagement, less focus on patients and poor working conditions. Company leadership has denied the claims.

Rules on testosterone levels for women athletes have kept star runner Caster Semenya out of the Tokyo Olympics. At the heart of this heated debate: Who should be considered a woman in sport?

A new study finds finance professionals fail at their jobs in a surprising way. There are lessons for all of us.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., about Biden's policy agenda and the future of the social spending package, Build Back Better.

President Biden is laying out his next steps for taking on the omicron variant, including giving out more at-home tests and sending support teams to overwhelmed hospitals.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with infectious disease epidemiologist and science communicator Jessica Malaty Rivera about the CDC's messaging and rebuilding trust with the public.

After recovering from their initial illness, COVID-19 patients can sometimes suffer serious complications such as heart attacks and strokes — even up to a year later. New research quantifies the risk.

Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire witnessed the killing and chaos of the Hutu/Tutsi conflict in Rwanda. Scott Simon talks to Dallaire about his experience, which is chronicled in his book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda.

NPR Political Editor Ken Rudin answers your questions. This week: What not to do at a presidential debate.

To address the problem of poor care, President Biden is calling for a federal minimum staffing requirement in nursing homes. The nursing home industry says there aren't workers to fill the jobs.

I didn't know it when I watched it the first time, but The Godfather set a template for authenticity in filmmaking.

Until the middle of last year, most cryptocurrency mining took place in China. Then authorities pulled the plug. So Chinese bitcoin miners began moving their gear to U.S. towns like Kearney, Nebraska.

President Trump used a primetime address Wednesday to celebrate his achievements since returning to office. Did his words do enough to ease the economic anxieties being felt by many Americans?

With troops standing by for Minnesota and an escalating campaign for Greenland, NPR's Michel Martin asks former Trump official Miles Taylor if this is a presidency without guardrails.

Brazilian photographers portray a country that's deeply anxious while living through the coronavirus.

They're aiming to bring together lawyers who have brought COVID-19 and vaccine-related cases to court with experts and build a body of law to combat future public health orders.

The health care overhaul debate in Congress now centers on two bills: the House measure and the Senate Democrats' version unveiled Wednesday. They differ in important ways. Here are commonly asked questions and answers about the bills.

Listening to Kesha's new album, Gag Order, you can't help but think about all she's been through in the past 10 years.

A hemp regulation bill advanced through the Senate Fiscal Policy Committee after removing a cap on THC potency levels. An advocate for hemp businesses explains why the changes are important to the industry.