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Several books about the Trump administration's final year, some including interviews with the ex-president, are arriving in bookstores. How do they change what we know about the Trump White House?

New COVID-19 cases among the unvaccinated are increasing fast. And a new book with allegations about how former president Donald Trump wanted to use the military.

Four big drug companies would pay out $26 billion to dozens of states over the next 17 years.

The House Select Committee investigating the Capitol insurrection held its first hearing Tuesday. We look back on how that day unfolded.

The U.S. Border Patrol is looking for more female agents. While women make up 15 percent of most federal law enforcement agencies, the Border Patrol has only 5 percent female agents.

One of the moments our retirement nest eggs are most vulnerable is when we change jobs. That's when some financial advisers charge fees to roll them over — and those fees can be hard to see.

Donald Trump held the first of several postelection rallies, returning to the tone of his campaign and repeating many of the claims he made on the trail. But now he's the president-elect.

Many Spanish-speaking immigrants want their children to stay fluent in Spanish even as they learn English. Bilingual home schooling does that on a more personal level.

Ukrainian forces are defending the port city of Novoazovsk from what they say is a Russian invasion. Scott Simon talks to correspondent Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson.

President Obama and the first family will travel to Martha's Vineyard for a weeklong vacation. With "Barack-o-Tacos," "Ale to the Chief" brew and Obama-themed resort wear, business owners on the island are primed and ready — and hoping for a boost in sales.

During the COVID-19 crisis, almost 7 million Americans have started new businesses. Though an all time record, it's not unusual for such conditions to make people hungry to start their own thing.

More than 10,000 workers for John Deere, one of the nation's largest makers of farm and construction equipment, are on strike as the the company is seeing record profits, and U.S. unions flex power.

The Tampa Bay History Center is marking a half century of desegregation in Hillsborough County schools with a panel discussion this week.

The state plan conflicts with a rule issued this month by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that requires health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called for the preservation of democracy during his visit to Africa amid worsening crises in Ethiopia and Sudan.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Virginia Tech professor Linsey Marr on the nature of airborne virus transmission and what behaviors we should be wary of this quarantine summer.

All the members of the Toronto-based ASD Band are on the Autism Spectrum. This month, they've been dropping new covers of songs each week in celebration of Canada's Autism Awareness Month.

Hundreds of musicians turned out to play an orchestral number across from Britain's parliament in a protest of the pandemic-related drop in government financial aid to freelancers like themselves.

The Justice Department has reached an $88 million settlement with the victims of the racist church massacre in Charleston S.C. over the flawed background check which allowed the shooter to buy a gun.

The race for governor in New Jersey between incumbent Phil Murphy, a Democrat, and Republican Jack Ciattarelli is neck-and-neck despite pre-election polls predicting a double-digit lead for Murphy.

Two-thirds of Americans say President Trump has increased racial tensions after the death of George Floyd, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

Many major retailers and fast-food chains have announced they will be closed. A few, however, will stay open for customers.

For the second year, the Christmas eve celebration in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem was muted by the pandemic precautions.

Nevada had not been doing vaccine outreach to rural Latinos until recently. Now, state health officials are ramping up efforts to administer shots and counter misinformation.

The Pentagon has updated its policies on extremism in the military by service members. The long-awaited report was ordered in the weeks following the January attack on the U.S. Capitol.