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In Ottawa, health care workers have reported being harassed by protesters who oppose Canada's vaccination policies. Scott Simon speaks to Dr. Alison Eyre, who works in the city center.

It was under control. And then it wasn't. In her new book Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History, VIdya Krishnan shows how "we repeat the same disease-spreading mistakes over and over."

Donald Trump ganó terreno con Latinos en 2020. Este año, votantes en un nuevo distrito congresional de Colorado enfrentan preocupaciones económicas que podrían costarle a los demócratas.

Kelsey Snell asks Black Women in A.I. founder Angle Bush about the consequences of the lack of diversity in artificial intelligence development.

When Americans with disabilities get married they risk losing federal benefits. Momentum is building on Capitol Hill to change the rules.

Climate change is forcing wildlife from mountains in the Northwest onto farmland. Wild elk are pillaging haystacks and farmers are using all sorts of creative deterrents to save lucrative crops.

Millions of Afghans are on the brink of starvation. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Naser Shahalemi, founder of the group End Afghan Starvation, about how the U.S. is splitting up the Afghan assets.

Prosecutors say the looting of the fund bankrolled lavish spending on jewels, art and real estate. The spoils even helped finance Hollywood movies, including the 2013 film "The Wolf of Wall Street."

After 2½ years in office, the former comedian Volodymur Zelenskyy is watching his once enormous support dissolve as Ukraine faces the threat of a possible invasion by Russia.

President Biden has signed an executive order detailing how the U.S will deal with about $7 billion in assets that Afghanistan's central bank stored in New York before the Taliban takeover.

"Today we call on your administration to do what so many states and other countries already have: accept that COVID-19 is endemic," the dozens of Republicans write in a letter.

Advocates says the citizens initiative process is an important way to ensure Floridians voices are heard and works as a check on the legislature.

The amended version of the bill reduces — but does not eliminate — the care that residents must get from certified nursing assistants. Those nursing hours would drop from 2 1/2 to 2 hours a day.

Ski jumpers are in the air for about the length of a football field. A physicist explains how they manage to stay in the air for so long, as the Olympic sport wraps up for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Texas is leading the legal challenge against the Biden administration's immigration policies — and winning. But critics accuse the state of "judge shopping" for appointees of former President Trump.

Friends of the Everglades Executive Director Eve Samples says the measure boils down to "manipulation of the new Lake Okeechobee plan."

You can't help but think of the 2006 film Snakes on a Plane starring Samuel L. Jackson when you learn about this story. A flight in Malaysia was grounded recently when a snake was found on-board.

The number of coronavirus cases nationally have dropped 75% from the highs of mid-January, and more states are dropping indoor mask mandates. California's indoor mask mandate ends Monday.

The bridge linking the U.S. and Canada reopens after police remove the last protesters. The Russia-Ukraine standoff continues. A Russian figure skater is cleared to compete at the Beijing Olympics.

Four years ago, Debbi Hixon lost her husband, Chris, when he was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Hixon says the pain feels "just as fresh today" as it did Feb. 14, 2018.

It's the first stop in a trip that will also take Scholz to Moscow. At the same time, the Ukrainian town of Lviv, which is on the Polish border, is preparing for a Russian invasion.

The three members are accused of prioritizing politics over quality of education. The recall is a test of how far to the left voters will go.

Whether Russia is serious about the effort is complicated. The Biden administration had pushed the Kremlin to take action against ransomware, which cost U.S. businesses billions in the last year.

As the confetti was raining down on his team, Jefferson skipped the post-game celebration. He made a quick exit and headed straight to the hospital, where his wife was delivering their son.

It has become a symbol of the Russian invasion, painted on military vehicles, printed on T-shirts and widely distributed through social media in support of Moscow's war.