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From controlled burns to detecting methane leaks and locating critical minerals — artificial intelligence is now a key tool for people working on climate solutions.

Barred from traveling to many countries, Americans are flocking to Mexico despite the risk of the coronavirus and CDC warnings not to visit the country.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Clark Kauffman of the Iowa Capital Dispatch about a lawsuit involving Tyson Foods supervisors betting money on the number of workers who would contract COVID-19.

The White House launched two new efforts to help Americans get free access to rapid COVID tests. It's still hard to find tests, and reimbursement for tests bought at a store isn't necessarily easy.

The president is expected to issue an executive order revoking a policy that bars international family-planning organizations that offer abortion services or referrals from receiving U.S. aid. The policy was originally issued by President Reagan and then reversed by President Clinton, before being instituted again by President Bush.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Alan Leventhal, a former U.S. ambassador to Denmark, about developments following President Trump's speech in Davos.

Specken dicken, the not-too-thick, not-too-thin sausage-filled pancakes, are a breakfast favorite that her family makes on New Year's Day.

The previous men's champ, Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, didn’t attend the competition this year over a sponsorship tiff.

Nobody looks forward to sitting in the waiting room. So some hospitals are trying to improve customer satisfaction by offering online appointments. The pitch: "Wait for the ER from home."

Much of the responsibility to test for and respond to the coronavirus is at the state level. But states' capabilities vary and they face challenges.

She'll be the the first Australian woman to reach the final of her home major tournament in more than four decades.

In John Sandford's new thriller Broken Prey, middle-aged Minneapolis police officer Lucas Davenport takes time out from crime-solving to compile a list of the top 100 rock songs for a road trip.

In a new biography called Her Again, author Michael Schulman says that at 14, Streep decided to reinvent herself — and before she was an Oscar winner, she was homecoming queen.

Harrison Ford has been funny when he chose to be throughout his career. But too often, he leaves the comedy on the table. He's picking it up again in Morning Glory, but now he's stuck playing the old grouch.

Pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations have more than quadrupled in Texas in the last two weeks. Already understaffed hospitals are now seeing high COVID attrition too, and asking for help.

The Trump-era policy required asylum seekers to wait for their immigration hearing in Mexico. The Biden administration suspended the program, but was blocked by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Federal Reserve chairman tells NPR that the U.S. economy is on a clear path to recovery thanks to the Fed's rescue plan and the stimulus passed by Congress.

President Bush has surprised skeptics by proposing dramatically tougher fuel economy standards for cars and trucks. Starting in 2010, gas mileage would have to improve by 4 percent each year — in most cases, that's a one-mile-per-gallon increase every year.

The Fed's $2.5 billion headquarters renovation is attracting mounting criticism from the Trump administration, which had been already attacking the central bank for not cutting interest rates.

New albums by Lizzo and the rising artist Imani Imani are both "event" records — but one arrives with arguably too much backstory, the other with almost none.

One-quarter of the way through the NFL season, there are already some surprising breakout teams and unexpected upsets. Renee Montagne speaks to Andy Benoit, author of Touchdown 2005: Everything You Need to Know About the NFL This Year, about the season.

Ragamala Dance Company is the life work of Ranee Ramaswamy — and now her adult daughters, Aparna and Ashwini. Creative work can be lonely, Aparna says, and having "built-in companions" is a gift.

Grandmaster Flash was one of the first DJs to make successful records. In 2002, he spoke to Fresh Air about how he discovered that he could use turntables as instruments.

President Trump summarily fired the FBI director, giving little reasoning except for a memo from a Justice Department official who criticized James Comey's handling of the Clinton email probe.

President Trump says he's reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war, and the U.S. Supreme Court weakens the Voting Rights Act of 1965.