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Thursday's bronze is India's first field hockey medal since 1980 — before any of the current players were born. More history could be made Friday, when India's women go for their first Olympic medal.

Nevin Harrison, 19, became the first woman from the U.S. to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport of canoe sprint.

The FDA could outline steps for full approval in a bid to be more transparent and to reassure those hesitant to get the vaccine, says Dr. Leana Wen of George Washington University.

James Rebanks' new book Pastoral Song urgently conveys how the drive for cheap, mass-produced food has impoverished both small farmers and the soil, threatening humanity's future.

a former senior official at the Department of Health and Human Services, about the welfare reforms enacted last summer. A friend of President Clinton's, Edelman resigned in protest when the bill was signed into law. He's written an article critical of the new welfare rules. Edelman agrees with the aim of the reforms...to get people off welfare and back to work...but he says the changes don't provide enough help.

NPR's Laurie Neff reports that a decision by Israel's cabinet to transfer a portion of West Bank territory to Palestinian control has further enraged the Palestinian people. They say Israel is not handing over enough territory. The Palestinians already were angry over Israel's decision to expand Jewish neighborhoods in Arab East Jerusalem.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Moscow on Russian President Boris Yeltsin' speech to the parliament today. The speech marked a return for Yeltsin who has been away from the Kremlin due to illness since last summer. His speech to the joint session of parliament scolded lawmakers for failing to deal with Russian problems, promised to bring back order and warned the West about NATO expansion.

about the complicated process of naming newly created chemical elements. Dr. Becker is the Secretary-General of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, the body that decides disputes between laboratories each proposing their own chemical names.

, the U.N. Security Council continues it debate over the Israeli decision to build new homes in Arab East Jerusalem. So far, Israel has been criticized for the move...while the Palestinians enjoy nothing but support. European representatives have lashed out against the Netanyahu government, but Israel defiantly plans to go ahead with the construction.

Connections between two on-going investigations, one by Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr and the other by the Justice Department and Congress into possible illegal campaign contributions, appeared to grow with revelations that former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell had received large payments from companies involved in the contributions scandal after he left the administration. Many of those involved are longtime friends and backers of President Clinton. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on new developments in tobacco litigation. Following last week's announcement that the Liggett tobacco company had agreed to settle 22 state lawsuits against it, a court in Alabama has taken steps that could bar pending and future lawsuits against the cigarette maker - including suits brought by smokers, their survivors and second-hand smoke victims.

In a small rural town in Massachusetts, there is a thriving business surrounding a car that hasn't been made in some thirty years. The Corvair... the car that launched the public safety career of Ralph Nader... was discontinued after concerns about the design of the car were made public. Steve Tripoli of member station WBUR in Boston visited a business that sells parts for Corvairs... which still have a loyal following after all these years, both here in America and around the world.

NPR's David Welna reports on delicate diplomatic talks between the U.S. and Mexico about drugs. Congress is moving to overturn President Clinton's decision last week to certify Mexico as "fully cooperating" in the drug war, and the administration is pressing the Mexicans to take several steps to stregthen their anti-drug fight. In particular, the U.S. wants Mexico to reverse its policy of not allowing DEA agents to carry sidearms in Mexico.

GOP leaders unveiled their list of legislative priorities today, two months after the start of the congressional session. Speaker Newt Gingrich and other top leaders were trying to answer claims that, compared to the start of the last session in 1995, this Congress has done little. The list of Republican priorities begins with balancing the federal budget, and also includes tax relief and a ban on certain late-term abortions. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with vocalist Eric Burton and guitarist Adrian Quesada from the Texas soul-rock band Black Pumas.

Passengers on flights from Europe were stuck in long, crowded lines at some airports in the U.S. as new guidelines began for overseas travel.

NPR's Michel Martin reflects on the coronavirus and how it's impacting daily life in the United States.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Danni Aubain, a former patient who was diagnosed with COVID-19.

The smiles are all forced and the outfits color-coded in this tale of female one-up-manship. "It's gloriously nonsensical," says our critic, "and yet it reverberates with eerie truth."

A strong mentoring relationship can change your career and help you outside of work.

Justin Chon's third feature, about a karaoke hostess forced to deal with her estranged brother while her father is dying, possesses an "emotional impact [that] is loudest in its quiet moments."

NPR's Michel Martin talks with former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about how hospitals can improve their coronavirus response measures.

For months, COVID-19 and interference by Trump officials delayed the release of new census demographic data used to redraw voting districts, forcing some state and local elections to be pushed back.

COVID-19 vaccination rates remain perilously low around the world. The WHO has called for a moratorium on booster shots until every country can immunize at least 10% of its population.

COVID-19 has upended many people's lives. The latest federal eviction moratorium issued by the CDC is meant to last 60 days, and also give people better access to nearly $50 billion in aid.