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In a conversation with Steve Inskeep, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman defends the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement involving the U.S. and 11 other Asian-Pacific nations.

Data from patient medical records are being used to develop commercial products. What rights do we have over the use of our personal health information?

The European Medicines Agency said Wednesday that blood clots should be listed as a possible but rare side effect of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, stressing the shot's benefits outweigh the risks.

The White House has been urging family doctors to encourage vaccination of adolescents and the CDC director said "providers may begin vaccinating them right away."

Some Afghans are welcoming their new rulers, while many others remember the excesses of the harsh ideology the Taliban enforced when they last seized power in the 1990s.

The court's six conservative justices said the CDC exceeded its authority by issuing the two-month pause on evictions in much of the country.

Broadcasting in both English and Spanish with Facebook's new live-streaming tool, one of the nation's most recognizable anchors has found millions of viewers.

NPR Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, about the full FDA approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, and what it means for fighting the pandemic.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage about the moments the U.S. could have withdrawn from Afghanistan, and the cost of its 20-year military presence there.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the Ishaan Tharoor of The Washington Post and Charles Kupchan with the Council on Foreign Relations about the political ramifications of the fall of Afghanistan.

Shugri Said Salh recounts her journey from goat- and camel-herding nomad in Somalia to nurse and mom of three in California in her memoir, The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert.

Fortnite maker Epic Games sued Apple over its App Store policies. Now, the federal court's decision could reshape the multibillion-dollar digital economy.

The families of Jelani Day and Daniel Robinson, both Black men in their 20s, are continuing their push for answers in the weeks and months, respectively, after their disappearances.

Millions of Americans are at risk of eviction, and billions of dollars in help from Congress isn't reaching most of them. What's taking so long for people who need rental assistance to get the money?

Belarus is sending migrants across its border with Poland to pressure the EU, and when Poland illegally sends asylum-seekers back across the border, they face mistreatment by Belarussian police.

The pioneering educator and civil rights activist is the first Black person to have a state-commissioned statue in Statuary Hall. She replaced a Confederate general.

Makers of everything from pasta sauce to vinegar say it's getting harder to find glass bottles for their products, and it's leading to higher prices.

Harris County, which includes Houston, has more than 4.7 million people. Many of the voting rights innovations installed last year are at risk of being eliminated by the Republican-led legislature.

Immigration advocates had put their lawsuit on hold to give the Biden administration time to phase out the Trump-era Title 42 measure. But they say they're tired of waiting.

As a landmark federal opioid trial nears completion, West Virginia communities are demanding $2.5 billion in compensation. Drug firms say they acted responsibly in shipping millions of pills.

Two families talk about their experiences with psychological problems arising in their children because of the stress of racism and the recent protests. Psychologists provide perspective.

The latest Internet hype is about a thing that doesn't really exist. Some collectors are spending millions of dollars on these digital items called nonfungible tokens, or NFTs.

Vaccination rates in much of rural America remain low. But there's one consistent holdout demographic: seniors, many of whom remember lining up eagerly as children to get the polio vaccine.

Most charging actually happens at home, but concerns about how to juice up are tripping up would-be buyers. A lot is on the line for automakers.

A New York City opera company created an updated version of Fidelio for the Black Lives Matter era. The performance features singers who are incarcerated in real life.