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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former Baltimore Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen about the science behind the coronavirus vaccines.

Thousands of desperate Central Americans trying to get to the U.S. for better lives face a treacherous journey. The first 100 miles take them through jungles.

President Obama's statement Friday in the White House briefing room, where he made an unscheduled appearance and talked about the Trayvon Martin shooting death and last week's acquittal of George Zimmerman. "I did want to just talk a little bit about context and how people have responded," he said.

The Strand Magazine is publishing the lost Tennessee Williams story: "The Summer Woman." NPR's Noel King talks to managing editor Andrew Gulli about the previously unpublished story.

A map from USGS shows shaking could be felt from south Florida all the way up to Tallahassee.

For the first time in decades, Afghans are living in relative peace. But with sanctions on the Taliban, the economy is in shambles and hunger is widespread. Girls are still out of school.

Harvard University psychologist Susan Clancy is the author of the new book Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens. She speaks with host Madeleine Brand her years of research and conversations with people who believe themselves victims of alien abduction.

Native American writer David Treuer bases the World War II camp for German prisoners on a real-life one that existed near the village of Bena, Minn., on the Leech Lake Reservation where he grew up.

Our kids' books columnist, Juanita Giles, gave her daughter Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story for Christmas; she says the book's depiction of food and history mirrors her family's experiences.

Pooches competed against similarly sized peers for a chance to appear in the finals. Additional heats featured multiple dogs surfing tandem or riding with people.

The action inside the stadiums isn't the only thing capturing the attention of international visitors. Turns out, they're discovering the delights of Buc-ee's, Waffle House, Wawa and free soda refills.

The rangy and enigmatic singer-songwriter is fully indifferent to fitting anywhere specific on the canvas of American folk — or, really, anywhere.

Medicare Administration Dr. Donald Berwick will now eat his own health insurance cooking. He started signing up for coverage earlier this week and hopes to have his Medicare card within a few weeks. He said he's getting no special treatment in the application process.

Michelle Kreifels, who has an intellectual disability, wasn't happy to find out her younger brother Patrick was gay. But then, she says, she "just thought about it," and came to accept him.

For too long, Jacob Lentz thinks, certain animals have gotten by on good looks and charm, while more impressive species are ignored by children and stuffed-animal manufacturers. Lentz intends to right this wrong in The Animal Review. See what grades he gave other species.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Matt Saincome and Bill Conway, co-founders of the satirical punk rock news website The Hard Times, about their new book.

In his latest book, the author of Beautiful Boy describes a new way of treating substance addiction and related mental illnesses. "What we know now is that addicts aren't immoral, they aren't weak," he says. "They're ill."

Karen Seagraves is the kind of independent voter President Biden's campaign hopes to win over this election year. Here's how she saw last night's State of the Union address.

He won the Olympic marathon in Munich in 1972, a dramatic triumph that helped fuel the running boom in the United States. But as he writes in a memoir, running helped him deal with a dark secret.

A visit to a technology incubator in Taiwan that's helped create companies behind the world's most advanced semiconductor chips.

A deadly blast at a hospital in Gaza had an immediate impact on President Biden's trip — calling off a visit to Jordan. His message in Tel Aviv will be much more about safeguarding civilians in Gaza.

Athenaeums are social libraries, cornerstones of a community where you don't just borrow books — you can visit cherished antiquities, hold talks, attend parties and even bring your dog. In Providence, R.I., the "Ath" is a 19th-century library with the soul of a 21st-century rave party.

The University of South Florida’s Contemporary Art Museum is piloting a five-week photography program that has a unique group of students.The class,…

Next month, it will have been 15 years since the United States went to war in Afghanistan and then later, into Iraq. It’s estimated 2.5 million men and…

It's been eight years since a gunman killed 49 people in the Pulse nightclub. Today, Orlando comes together to remember. Here's where you can join the community.