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President Biden will talk to China's president about the Russia-Ukraine war. Russia strikes targets in western Ukraine. Moderna is asking the FDA to authorize a fourth shot of its COVID-19 vaccine.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Susan Bevan, co-chairwoman of the Republican Majority for Choice, about her decision to close the organization.

Jim Webb fought in Vietnam, his father entered the military in World War II and his son has just returned from Iraq. The Virginia senator reflects on his family's tradition of serving in the military, even in conflicts they don't support.

Washington state is opening its health care marketplace to all undocumented residents. Those below a certain income will even be eligible for subsidies to help cover the premiums.

Can technological innovation offer solutions to gun fatalities in the absence of major policy reform? Gun safety innovators are developing "smart guns" that unlock only for their registered users.

The country's nuclear safety agency raised the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident to a Level 5 out of 7, putting it on par with the Three Mile Island accident. Emergency workers struggled to cool overheated fuel rods at the plant, while Japanese officials admitted the quake and tsunami had overwhelmed the government and slowed its response to the nuclear problems.

The country's nuclear safety agency raised the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident to a Level 5 out of 7, putting it on par with the Three Mile Island accident. Emergency workers struggled to cool overheated fuel rods at the plant, while Japanese officials admitted the quake and tsunami had overwhelmed the government and slowed its response to the nuclear problems.

Detroit is 79% Black, but only 13% of residents have gotten one COVID-19 vaccine shot. In surrounding areas, the rate is nearly double that. The city turned to Black churches to be vaccination sites.

Cats may not be man's best friend, but they're arguably something even better: man's key to instant Internet pageviews. Perry Stein of The New Republic contemplates that the most compelling explanation for our interest in cats may simply be that we're in awe of them.

Concerns of voter intimidation are heightened this midterm election season, but it's important to remember you will likely have a normal voting experience.

Smithsonian Folkways archivist and Pete Seeger expert Jeff Place talks about Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, due out on what would have been Seeger's 100th birthday.

When Hurricane Irma finished pounding the U.S. Virgin Islands with Category 5 wind and rains, houses had collapsed, boats flipped, shipping containers were on their sides, roofs were ripped off, and trees and telephone poles knocked down. So how does an island dispose of an island's worth of debris?

Florida's Palm Beach International Airport will adopt a new name Thursday to honor President Trump. He'll be the first president to have an airport named after him while in office.

President Joe Biden and ex-President Donald Trump warned of dire consequences for the country if the other wins another term in the White House as the pair held dueling rallies in Georgia on Saturday.

Pope Leo XIV is heading to the central African nation of Cameroon with a message of peace for its separatist region and for talks with President Paul Biya.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Vivian Yoon. Her new podcast K-Pop Dreaming is a personal and historical journey through Korean pop music.

The complaint, filed in Tampa federal court, alleges the drugmaker unlawfully cut off discounts in the pdiscounts, forcing TGH to pay higher prices for medications that only Eli Lilly can provide.

Though revered now, Prince's iconic 1984 film and album succeeded against daunting odds. Music critic and journalist Alan Light provides the details in his new book, Let's Go Crazy.

NPR's Noel King talks to Joy Harjo, who is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation. She grew up in Oklahoma and has been writing poetry since the 1970s.

Bringing powerful winds and storm surge, Hurricane Delta is moving toward Louisiana. The storm is forecast to affect some of the same areas Hurricane Laura devastated six weeks ago.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Asad Majeed Khan about Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan as the Taliban take control there.

In his latest book, the author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food turns his attention to how we use the four classical elements to transform plants and animals into food, and argues that home cooking can remake the American food system.

A federal appeals court Thursday cleared the way for eight South Florida hospitals to pursue a lawsuit against a health insurer over payments for emergency-room care.

A beautiful new building with the latest amenities may not count for much when patients size up how well doctors and nurses cared for them in the hospital.

The candidates' preparation level was high for this event in part because the stakes have risen so far, so fast.