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People 65 and older are priortized for vaccinations, but it's not always obvious how they should find a place to actually get a site. Efforts to help them are a hodgepodge nationwide.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., about whether the Democrats should move ahead without Republicans to pass a coronavirus relief package.

Poet Jackie Wang's collection is a surrealist expression of how social processes and traumas show up in our dreams and how we can better understand ourselves by tuning in to them.

Putin critic Alexei Navalny was back in court on Tuesday, as protesters demand he be released. NPR's Noel King talks to international affairs professor Nina Khrushcheva, who is in Moscow.

While many residents of long-term care facilities agree to get vaccinated, an overwhelming number of employees at those facilities are not getting the shots.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with biomedical ethicist Ruth Faden of Johns Hopkins University about how states are determining their vaccination priorities given their limited supplies.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports from Billings, Montana, where the trial of fourteen Montana Freemen is expected to resume after a delay in jury selection.

The deaths of two migrant children raise new questions about the quality of medical care at Border Patrol facilities. But pediatricians at the border have been raising these concerns for years.

Green Beret Maj. Mathew Golsteyn is under investigation in the death of a suspected Taliban bomb-maker in U.S. custody in 2010. President Trump tweeted that he will review the case himself.

Despite fierce opposition from Prime Minister Theresa May, there's growing clamor for another referendum in Britain over the terms of the U.K.'s exit from the European Union.

The show's plot and very existence provoke larger questions around race, representation and casting.

There are two million children of U.S. military servicemen and women. And by many accounts the military has long done a good job of helping with their education, especially in preschool.

President Biden is signing two executive actions designed to expand access to reproductive health care and health insurance through the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid.

Hospitals are allowed to vaccinate high-risk patients who aren't seniors or health workers, but most don't have enough supplies to do so.

A new study shows that naked mole rats speak with distinct dialects that appear to be learned — and reveal what group they belong to.

BP is challenging hundreds of millions of dollars in claims that were filed after the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, saying some have no connection to the spill. But legal experts say the claims don't have to be spill-related and BP is relying on a friendly court to limit how much it will pay.

With the virus still raging in the U.S., public health experts say we can't afford to just wait around for the vaccine. They share advice for what communities can do now to slow the death toll.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent word welcoming President Obama's re-election. But the Russian government and state-run media sought to discredit the American electoral process.

Across the U.S., COVID-19 vaccination has been slow and uneven. In some states, vaccination appointments are readily available, while in others it's a confusing process often characterized by luck.

Among the measures are a full legalization of marijuana, along with a proposal that would prevent employees from being penalized if they test positive but have a prescription.

Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has wrapped up a two-year investigation into the Alternative for Germany. The party's far-right branch is already under surveillance.

One of the most daunting immigration challenges facing the Biden administration is what to do about the multitudes of migrants who want asylum protection in the United States.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson about the city's plans to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to residents, especially underserved and vulnerable communities.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Dr. David Michaels, former head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, about the president's move to strengthen workplace safety rules during the pandemic.

At the United Nations, President Obama made the case for American intervention in the Mideast to counter ISIS, but called for an international response against that threat and others.