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Because of its booming population, the state is gaining four new congressional seats. But are the state's new redistricting plans fair for minority voters who make up more than half of the new residents? Is an interim map drawn by a federal court any better? The Supreme Court takes on the case with Texas primaries looming.

India's COVID-19 caseload is quickly rising, as omicron threatens the country's already precarious health system.

Andrew Peters was stuck on I-95 for nine hours this week after snow and ice caused tractor-trailers to jackknife on the interstate, making the road impassable. By Thursday, Uber had offered a refund.

China's lockdowns of big cities to fight coronavirus outbreaks are prompting concern about more disruptions to global industries after two makers of processor chips said their factories were affected.

With many teachers out sick with COVID-19, schools are scrambling to find substitute teachers. Texas schools are having to get creative so that students can continue going to in-person classes.

Bare shelves at supermarkets are attributed to omicron, a labor shortage, climate change and other reasons. "We're really seeing the perfect storm," one industry expert told NPR.

The bill, and a counterpart allowing businesses to sue local governments, remains a point of concern for groups like the Florida League of Cities, the American Civil Liberties Union, and growth and management organizations.

If a committee approves both maps, the full chamber will take them up for a vote.

Public health experts say COVID-19 won't be eradicated, but studies show the omicron variant is less severe than delta, and there are ways to manage the disease — which will become predictable.

The ruling could potentially remove an option for voting ahead of the state's crucial midterm elections. The decision is all but certain to be appealed.

The king ruled out using, for now at least, the "Golden Carriage," which bears a painting that critics say glorifies the Netherlands' colonial past, including its role in the global slave trade.

The parole panel's recommendation to release Sirhan, 77, in August was based in part on new California laws since he was last denied parole in 2016 — the 15th time he'd lost his bid for release.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services about the Supreme Court ruling on the vaccine mandate for health care workers.

Jury selection gets underway Thursday in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers who are charged in connection with the death of George Floyd in 2020.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Rosemary Sullivan about working on a book that potentially reveals who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family.

In 2019, this sustainability activist spent an entire year of growing and foraging all of his food.

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker says we cannot live in fear. He and three congregants were held hostage by a man who knocked on the synagogue door and came in for tea.

Ahead of the March primary, local elections officials in Texas are starting to deal with the effects of a new GOP-backed voting law.

The tabla player worked with trailblazing collaborators including Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman.

Security experts say our growing reliance on cell phones to help confirm our identity online is motivating "SIM-swap" scams to highjack our numbers.

Ken Welch touched on various topics, including affordable housing, a focus on equity and inclusion, and growing up in St. Petersburg.

Saying it's "time to pass the baton," Grego announced he will retire effective July 1 after 10 years as superintendent.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope successfully deployed its secondary mirror Wednesday after unfolding its enormous sunshield a day earlier.

Ex-CEO Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty of fraud. Tyler Schultz, a whistleblower who helped sound the alarm over the company's technology, says it cost him his relationship with his grandfather.

The comic, in which the Hulk appears in his original grey, not his signature green, sold for almost half a million dollars at auction. It's the most expensive copy of the first Hulk story ever sold.