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Biden to unveil a $2 trillion infrastructure plan. Witnesses continue to testify in trial of ex-officer Derek Chauvin charged with murdering George Floyd. COVID-19 cases surge in India and Pakistan.

NPR's Noel King talks to Peter Daszak, an expert on how animal viruses infect humans, about how the COVID-19 virus may have started on wildlife farms. Daszak was on the WHO team that went to China.

Many Florida high schools now teach a cybersecurity program. There's a larger plan to help students figure out what is and isn't true online. Organizers hope it will become a nationwide model.

Pitmaster Rodney Scott describes his lifelong journey as a chef and his hope for the future. "I want to take over the world with barbecue," the James Beard Award winner tells NPR.

Many Democrats are expressing concern about guns in classrooms.

The bill's sponsor says it is intended to to protect local residents from mayors or city managers who enact long-lasting executive orders that some say could infringe on personal rights.

As vaccines fan out across the U.S., why can some people get a shot and others can't? NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Rebecca Weintraub of Harvard Medical School about bottlenecks.

After George Floyd's death, a majority of the Minneapolis City Council vowed to defund the police. Ten months later, it hasn't happened, but the debate about police reform in the city continues.

Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II says his office wants the footage related to the killing of the 42-year-old Black man to be made public. The local NAACP is demanding Wooten's resignation.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with historian Chris Myers Asch about the political fight over Washington, D.C., statehood and its connection to the city's racial demographics and history.

Ford died at home in Charlotte, N.C. She lived through the 1918 pandemic, the Great Depression, both world wars, Jim Crow, the civil rights movement and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Companies like to talk about fighting climate change. But they're not necessarily keen to admit if they have a factory in an area prone to flooding or if their supplier was just hit by a hurricane.

The first case of crimes against humanity leveled against a sitting head of state has ended with the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court dropping all charges against Kenya's president, Uhuru Kenyatta.

"I never want people to feel like fantasy and romance and magic and adventure belong to just one kind of person," the fantasy author says. A new Netflix series is adapted from her works.

One of Gov. Ron DeSantis' highest priorities is now law. And it already faces a challenge in federal court. Supporters call it anti-rioting legislation. Opponents call it an unconstitutional restriction on protests and free speech.

The gunman who killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis had a gun confiscated by police, but he was still able to buy others. It's raising questions about the state's red flag law.

President Biden's announcement for U.S. and foreign forces to withdraw from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 appears to have derailed the peace process that was meant to wind down the conflict in that country.

The White House tried to remain laser-focused on the agenda that it had laid out for the first 100 days, but the situation at the border has been the greatest source of disruption beyond its control.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with attorney Chantel Cherry-Lassiter about seeing the bodycam footage of Andrew Brown Jr. being shot, as well as the independent autopsy.

An unusual challenge to Arizona's presidential vote is focusing on more than 2 million ballots in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix.

Sheriff's deputies shot and killed Brown, a Black man, while carrying out warrants in Elizabeth City, N.C. Family lawyers say body camera video shows deputies firing while Brown poses no threat.

The Wild Sourdough Project is studying how different regions and flours influence a sourdough starter's composition and aroma.

After first shooting to fame in the 1970s, Tucker is back with her first full-length studio album in more than a decade called While I'm Livin'.

Named after the artist's mother, Savage's third album celebrates femininity as sensual, empowered and strong. It's her first release since being featured on Beyoncé's The Lion King soundtrack.

Brothers Matt and Brad Shultz of Cage the Elephant have learned to lean on each other through a chaotic childhood and the recent losses in their lives.