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The agency acted after an independent panel of scientists strongly supported the move. Kids could start getting vaccinated within the week.

Three years ago, the storm blew the century-old schoolhouse off its foundation, tore up its roof and shattered its glass windows.

NPR's Noel King speaks to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about the U.S. climate goals announced at the COP26 conference. She's been asking bankers and asset managers to act on climate change.

It can be incredibly gratifying to harness mastery of a skill. But why is learning new things so hard? Here are three steps to get you started. All that's left is to pick what you want to learn!

Labor issues are making staples of school dining hard to find, triggering the worst supply chain headaches these institutions have faced in years. "It's like a ginormous hurricane," one official says.

The West Virginia Democrat raised concerns about debt and inflation and instead urged House lawmakers to approve a separate bipartisan infrastructure bill.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Iman Awad of Emgage Action what advocates want the Biden administration to do after repealing the travel ban that primarily affected Muslim-majority and African countries.

President Biden has pledged urgent action on the "existential threat" of climate change. But his struggles to get his plan through Congress may undercut U.S. influence at a global climate summit.

The motion is part of a lawsuit that the state filed last week challenging vaccination requirements for federal contractors.

The APA, as well as the field of psychology as a whole, has been complicit in systemically harming people of color throughout history, the organization said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told COP26 that India, the world's third-biggest carbon emitter, would go net-zero by 2070. But appetite for coal, which supplies 70% of India's power, remains high.

As the popularity of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin explode, the Biden administration is laying the groundwork for heavier regulation, and that could spark a big fight in Congress.

Photographer Ella Morton documented the Arctic and Subarctic around the world, implementing analog techniques to warp the photos and illustrate climate change's effects in these areas.

People who sustain a concussion can develop an unusual hearing problem. Their ears work fine, but their brain struggles to process sounds.

The lauded guitarist's career spanned nearly six decades, beginning with an auspicious education in Pennsylvania from a teacher of John Coltrane.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with WLRN's Daniel Rivero about a case challenging Florida's attempt at blocking many formerly incarcerated people from voting.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kamla Charles, a career counselor at Valencia College in Orlando, Fla., about how students can best equip themselves to enter a shaky job market.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Atul Gawande, who writes for The New Yorker, about the problem the U.S. is facing with coronavirus testing and what can be done to solve it.

Renee Montagne and Steve Inskeep speak with Scott Horsley and Robert Daly of the Wilson Center about President Obama's visit to China for the G-20 Summit.

In Turkey, they're blaming everything from July's failed coup attempt to a 2014 coal mine disaster on the elderly Fethullah Gulen, who's lived in Pennsylvania for decades.

Filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi talks about his documentary Fire at Sea. The film tells the story of the ongoing migrant crisis as experienced by residents of Lampedusa, an island off the coast of Sicily.

Motivational speaker Saed Karzoun has a tough sell in the West Bank as he tries to preach optimism and self-empowerment at a time when pessimism runs high among Palestinians.

Political prisoner Francisco Marquez was just released from a Venezuelan jail. Now in exile in the U.S., Marquez speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about the experience.

Donald Trump has questioned the integrity of the election. Edward Foley of Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law says he's not convinced that any widespread "rigging" could happen on Nov. 8.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with David North about his and his husband's quarantine project, A Doorway to Imagination, that went viral and brightened people's days in the past couple of weeks.