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Two years after the pandemic began, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky about the latest omicron subvariant, children's COVID-19 vaccines and the end of most mask mandates.

Educator John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board — and lets his fourth-graders solve them. He explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids and why the complex lessons it teaches go further than classroom lectures can.

Ronen Bergman says that while Israel's shootings, poisonings, bombings and drone strikes against its perceived enemies were "tactical successes," they were also diplomatically harmful.

Second term GOP congressman Blake Farenthold is being targeted during Congress' summer recess by advocates of the Senate's immigration bill. Activists are organizing petitions and a demonstration at Farenthold's "open house" at his Corpus Christi office. And opponents are fighting back.

Dozens are dead, including several U.S. service members, after a terrorist attack at the Kabul airport. President Biden says the evacuation of Americans and Afghan allies will continue.

This summer, three women at the peak of their powers lead a spectacular pop culture revival. Barbie, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift shattered records and created a communal economy of irrational exuberance.

Many jazz fans hate biopic films, but critic Kevin Whitehead likes noticing which true elements get in — or get left out — as messy lives are squeezed into stock-story formulas.

The Justice Department is on track to post a record number of health care fraud prosecutions in 2011. Researchers say DOJ reported 1,235 new cases this year, the largest since they began tracking the crime 20 years ago. U.S. Attorney's Offices in Miami, Puerto Rico and Houston accounted for the biggest number of cases. And DOJ officials say recoveries in these cases are bringing lots of money back to the U.S. Treasury. But some onlookers say the federal government can do more to nip health care fraud in the bud by cutting off payments to fraudulent recipients before they happen.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Brig. Gen. David Sanford about the state of the national stockpile of personal protective equipment and other supplies.

Even with government assistance and other efforts, more than 55% of Black and Latino households reported serious financial problems, compared with 29% of white households.

As the nation's economic crisis continues, many in the fear the government is stalling on concessions and opponents plan to march on Thursday to give a symbolic pink slip to President Nicolas Maduro.

New York City has more that 400 subway stops. One straphanger is trying to break the record for reaching all of them the fastest.

These are hard times in Britain, but it's not all bad. In one of the most remote parts of the British Isles, a visitor from America became an overnight superstar, attracting fans from far and wide.

Higher gas prices may not be the main driver of the Biden administration's decision to sell new oil and gas leases on public land, but inflation is a significant political liability.

It looks a little like a fedora, and it's what's known as an "Einstein tile." Meaning, unlike other shapes, if it's laid out and slotted together over and over again, it doesn't easily repeat itself.

It looks a little like a fedora, and it's what's known as an "Einstein tile." Meaning, unlike other shapes, if it's laid out and slotted together over and over again, it doesn't easily repeat itself.

Fowler earned her doctoral degree in ministry over the weekend. She already has her bachelors and two masters but wasn't sure at her age she could manage the work. She stayed the course.

None of these salads are simply a bunch of lettuce with various toppings. They are creative combinations of colors and textures and flavors for a new season.

Prenatal care can make a huge difference to the long-term health of both the parent and baby. Every state offers health coverage to lower-income pregnant women who might otherwise go uninsured.

Far-right extremists have attacked mosques and hotels housing migrants in several of the U.K.'s most deprived cities. Unrest was fueled by misinformation online.

How did the elephant and donkey become the mascots of America's two major political parties?

Stan Freberg, the acclaimed satirist who brought humor to the world of advertising, died Tuesday at 88.

The government contends that ghost guns kits count as a firearm under a 1968 law. But those challenging the rule contend "a kit of parts is not a weapon."

First Lady Melania Trump made a rare public statement on Thursday, saying she was not friends with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and wasn't introduced to President Trump by him.

Jifeng Bookstore in Shanghai used to be a gathering place for academics and students, but it closed in 2018 after the Chinese government declined to renew the lease on the building.