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Aid groups say they are making progress in delivering food to Somalia. But the need is critical and growing as the death toll continues to mount.

Patients in those places gave some of the lowest evaluations of their hospital stays, Medicare data show. The surveys asked patients how well their doctors and nurses communicated, whether their pain was always handled welland whether their rooms were clean and quiet.

Delta Airlines is temporarily suspending specialty services to member of Congress due to resource constraints from the ongoing shutdown of DHS.

Former LA Dodgers star Steve Garvey, a Republican, heads to a runoff against Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for a U.S. Senate seat from California. Garvey's baseball career spanned nearly two decades.

A judge agreed to move President Trump's former campaign chairman closer to the site of his trial, but Paul Manafort says he has changed his mind and wants to say put.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan about the White House's Mideast policy priorities for the remaining weeks of the Biden administration.

The movie Judas and the Black Messiah, about Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton, is up for six Oscars on Sunday. The NPR podcast Throughline looks into the history of the Black Panther Party.

The Democrats' health overhaul legislation is in trouble for many reasons, including key policy decisions that led many Americans to wonder whether they would wind up worse off.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden talks to aspiring outdoorsman and occasional NPR contributor Doug Fine about his new book, Not Really an Alaskan Mountain Man. It's a comic account of five years spent learning to survive in Alaska.

Though Swift performs a range of experience and emotions, the music on her 11th album feels thin and is often in service of lyrics that could have used a red pencil.

Lauren Groff's new novel paints a portrait of marriage from the clashing viewpoints of a husband and wife. Critic Maureen Corrigan says Fates and Furies is "a marvel" — but that it could be better.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is scheduled to reopen to the public on Saturday, August 29th. We go behind the scenes to learn how curators and staff hope to pull it off.

The evacuation of the Superdome is temporarily suspended when shots are fired at a military helicopter. Meanwhile, the first buses carrying hurricane refugees from New Orleans have arrived at the Houston Astrodome.

Detractors to bail reform and early release are using the case of Darrell Brooks as a warning. Brooks, accused of driving into a Wisconsin Christmas parade, received low bail for a previous charge.

Harvard Professor Ronald Kessler talks with Renee Montagne about a new study that shows "road rage" is a diagnosable disorder. Intermittent Explosive Disorder has a strict definition and has been a serious problem for years. Kessler is one of the authors of the study in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

Haiti's government is pleading with the international community to send forces as the country's humanitarian crisis deepens. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald.

NASA held a meeting of its panel devoted to studying unidentified anomalous phenomena. Government officials are hopeful it can bring a scientific approach to understanding these mysterious objects.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted the head of Taiwan's largest opposition party in Beijing on Friday — the first such meeting in nearly a decade.

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. "Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes talks about why she doesn't care about validation.

This year, face masks are on most parents' list of back-to-school supplies. But which ones are most effective? Here's how to choose the right one for your child.

Biden's effort to change the way cases of sexual assault and harassment are handled by schools is drawing both cheers and fears. The move comes less than a year after Trump enacted the rules.

More facilities are partnering with private equity-backed firms to offer combined emergency and urgent care. But patients may not realize prices vary between the two services — often by a lot.

His reelection campaign will focus on evolving climate threats, increasing neighborhood investments, accelerating housing solutions, providing economic opportunities and strengthening public safety.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Karen Tumulty of The Washington Post and Eliana Johnson of The Washington Free Beacon, about ex-Ukraine Ambassador Yovanovich, Turkey and Syria, and the 2020 primary.

Children who live through war don't often have a chance to tell their stories. One museum in Sarajevo hopes to change that.