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The U.N. meteorological agency says despite a decrease in emissions due to reduced economic activity during COVID-19, carbon dioxide and other warming gases continued to accumulate in the atmosphere.

Moderna says the FDA is looking into reports of a rare side effect — myocarditis, or the inflammation of the heart muscle — in those who've gotten the shot.

David Scott Smith, 66, and Travis Shane Smith, 32, are accused of "reckless arson" in connection with the Caldor Fire, which burned more than 220,000 acres across three California counties this fall.

Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald said the parents of the suspect failed to keep a recently purchased firearm out of the hands of their son, who is accused of killing four classmates.

Since da Vinci's death, no three-dimensional work of art by him has ever been identified. That is, until now, say curators in Italy.

The move to shorten the Pfizer booster interval comes as the U.S. shatters daily case records. The recommended interval for those who received Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines has not changed.

Dozens of travelers from Fiji tested positive in Kiribati, prompting the island nation to implement its first lockdown. Samoa's order followed a cluster of cases in airline passengers from Australia.

Actor Kevin Spacey's trial in the United Kingdom has been scheduled to begin in June 2023. He faces a separate civil sex-assault lawsuit in the United States from another man, actor Anthony Rapp.

At a hearing in Florida, U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart said he's inclined to release parts of the affidavit used to search Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.

The first Starbucks union was formed in Buffalo, N.Y. a year ago, launching what has since become a nationwide organizing campaign

At least 29 people have fallen ill from the E. coli outbreak in Michigan and Ohio, and that number is likely an undercount, the CDC says. The source of the outbreak has not been found yet.

The former president has been charged with 34 felonies for his role in falsifying business records in order to conceal an illegal conspiracy to undermine an election. He pleaded not guilty.

Another month means another genre-spanning mix of new music chosen by public radio's top DJs. Download new songs by Neko Case, Jason Marsalis, Valerie June, Porter Ray and many other artists.

The fictional band HUNTR/X from the hit Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters went from a group no one had ever heard of to one of the biggest pop acts of 2025. Now they have five Grammy nominations.

Since the pandemic started, musicians have been trying to find ways to play together in real time online. Two platforms — Audio Movers and Jack Trip — offer promise.

NPR turns 50 this year, and we're marking it by looking back on some other things that happened in 1971. It was that year that songwriter John Prine released his debut album. Prine died in 2020.

Essence magazine’s latest issue aims to stimulate a national dialogue about race in America that informs and empowers African American women. Another recent feature from Essence is an online profile of an African-American lesbian couple.

There have been a lot of different Sherlock Holmes adaptations over the years, but Lucy Liu is probably the first woman to play Dr. Watson. In the CBS drama Elementary, Holmes and Watson solve crimes in modern-day New York City. Liu says a female Watson is a "wonderful concept."

The Hold Steady's Craig Finn and Tad Kubler were both over 30 when they made the recordings that finally brought success. But with 2006's Boys and Girls in America and the new Stay Positive, the band has found its place as one of the country's best straight-up rock groups. The band discusses the influences behind its new album.

The state of Texas has 228 delegates up for grabs on Super Tuesday — a lot more voters to reach than those who have voted so far. Here's how the primary contest is shaping up in the Lone Star State.

Steve Inskeep talks to former Senate Majority leader and top U.S. diplomatic envoy George Mitchell about the stakes for a negotiated peace between Israel and the Palestinians — and the importance of continued diplomatic leadership by the U.S. in the Middle East and beyond. Mitchell publishes a three-part series of editorials on the topic this week in the "Boston Globe."

Two sisters make sense of life after cancer and the systems that leave siblings behind.

During a vigil for the victims, the mother of Harrison Boonstoppel says her son died "for absolutely no reason." She and other gun safety advocates say they'll fight to keep others from the same fate.

The CDC says hospitals saw a lot more emergency cases involving drug overdoses, as well as mental health crises and suicide attempts. Many emergency departments weren't ready.

A bill that removes time limits for prosecuting sexual assault of a minor has plenty of momentum in the Florida House. Meanwhile, its Senate sponsor who...