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With medical board exams postponed because of COVID-19, India's junior doctors have been thrust onto the front lines early. Many have seen more death & grief than they expected in an entire career.

Elected officials and experts fear that spread of misinformation after Hurricane Helene and Milton could hurt emergency response efforts.

Vinny Thomas, comedian and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me guest writer, imagines traveling in space with the Bezos brothers.

WNYC's Arun Venugopal, blogger Leslie Morgan Steiner, and former Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn Ivey discuss the ramifications of the Stanford University rape case.

At a rally in Los Angeles, 65-year-old Phil Ansell said he wanted to participate because "I want to do everything possible to protect democracy in this country."

Former President Jimmy Carter's funeral services begin in Washington, D.C., today, and NPR will have special coverage of the events. And, photos from the winter storm plowing through parts of the U.S.

The Hunger Games has been a huge success, and the film adaptation is only weeks away. Now, publishers are looking for the next big dystopian hit.

High school students in Alexandria, Va., honor Black history with art, dance and theater.

In 2000, Vladimir Putin began targeting oligarchs who did not bend to his authority. The loyalists who remained — and new ones who subsequently got rich — became like ATM machines for the president.

David Greene talks to Lee Busby, who has thrown his hat in the ring for the open U.S. Senate seat in Alabama as a write-in candidate. The election is less than two weeks away.

Blending jazz, soul, Brazilian vocalese and classical, Spalding creates music with broad appeal. With Chamber Music Society, the bassist and composer harkens back to her classical music training with a string section.

Gabriel Weston is an ear, nose and throat surgeon. She says writing Dirty Work — about an obstetrician-gynecologist who performs abortions — made her more sensitive to all sides of the debate.

The White House has cancelled a visit by the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.

President Biden will deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sunday. Students there have mixed opinions about welcoming the president.

The trials for rappers Young Thug and Lil Durk have dominated headlines and while the cases are different, lyrics being used against them in the courtroom is the commonality.

Why do some friendships survive for decades, while others fade away? NPR Life Kit host Marielle Segarra has tips on how to maintain long-lasting friendships, even in the busy seasons of our lives.

Less than a day after a majority of House Republicans selected Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., as the speaker designate, his support appeared to erode.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Republican political consultant Douglas Heye about the deceptions of Rep.-elect George Santos and the response from the GOP.

Musician Laura Marling is out with a new album called, Patterns in Repeat.

NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates profiles novelist Susan Straight, who is putting her hometown of Riverside, Calif., on the literary map. Straight herself is white, but she weaves the black, working-class voices of Riverside into her work.

The new, multimillion-dollar Democratic push to mobilize voters of color in 2022 includes voter protection and combating disinformation. Republicans had some gains with nonwhite voters in 2020.

Alex Villatoro is finishing high school in the U.S. without his parents after his father was deported back to Guatemala in January and his mother decided to move there with her three younger children. As immigration enforcement ramps up, families like Villatoro's are being confronted with hard choices.

The potential impact of the new tariffs on key U.S. trading partners could be vast and bruising.

Animal behaviorist John Bradshaw has spent much of his career debunking bad advice given to dog owners. His new book Dog Sense details what pet owners should expect from their dogs — and what their dogs should expect in return from their owners.

Summer heat can drain your creativity when it comes to putting together a meal. But a simple sauce can elevate a plain old piece of grilled chicken, zucchini , tofu or steak into something exciting and bursting with flavor.