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Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty in New York yesterday. And, the CDC scales back routine childhood vaccine recommendations at President Trump's direction.

After some debate, a group of scientists advising the FDA concluded that the vaccine's benefits outweigh its risks for young children.

Democratic senators were off the campaign trail with the impeachment trial underway, but they still managed to argue about substance and style. Meanwhile, the race in Iowa remains volatile.

NPR's Bob Mondello shares the movies that stood out to him in 2022. He says ten is an arbitrary number and generally ignores it, and this is no exception.

Memphis leaders say police reform is part of the solution to police violence, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken is in Jerusalem amid mounting violence, House Republicans begin probes into Democrats.

Gov. DeSantis has directed $750 million a year to the state’s environmental needs; critics say he is misspending — but supporters say it's money well spent.

GOP presidential hopefuls know that the economy is an important issue — if not the top issue — for voters. That means it's a big talker on the campaign trail and a focus area for winning votes.

In Bucha, Ukraine, Russia is accused of carrying out war crimes against civilians. The United Nations has said an independent investigation is needed to ensure accountability.

In recent weeks, NPR's Uri Berliner took money from his personal savings account that was losing value to inflation and sought out various investments. What did he learn?

Several states have passed laws in recent years related to social-media use by children, spurring a series of legal fights.

The president is waging multiple court battles to shield his finances from scrutiny, including two cases involving subpoenas issued to his personal accounting firm.

Before the coronavirus crisis, there were briefly more women on American payrolls than men. That's no longer true. Women accounted for 55% of the increase in job losses last month.

Across the country there are reports of beleaguered and harassed election workers hanging it up. In Texas, one election administrator in a heavily Republican county just resigned.

According to various Russian state media accounts, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who played a pivotal role in ending the Cold War, died after a prolonged illness in Moscow at age 91.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Kate Fitzgerald, a senior editor at American Banker, about what consumers should know about digital payment services like Zelle and Venmo.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Luis Moreno Ocampo, former chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, about an EU proposal for a special war crimes court in Ukraine.

Actor Mary-Louise Parker has written a memoir, Dear Mr. You, in the form of letters to important men in her life — among them her beloved father and the accountant who had to tell her she was broke.

Dana Schwartz is the Twitter whiz behind the @GuyInYourMFA and @DystopianYA accounts, but she stumbles in long form. Her debut novel, And We're Off, is quick and compelling but needs fleshing out.

Starting in September, the three main credit agencies will wait 180 days before including medical debt on a credit report, giving consumers time to resolve disputes with insurers.

U.S. charities have received close to $2 billion to help in Haiti since the earthquake two years ago. But it's not easy to determine exactly how all that money is being spent and what kind of impact it is having.

At issue were cases that test the ability of public officials to block critics from their "personal" social medial pages, a practice that Donald Trump often engaged in when he was president.

Families of victims of two Boeing 737 Max crashes are asking a judge to reject a plea deal with the plane maker. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to attorney Paul Cassell, who represents 15 of the families.

There were a record number of cybercrimes reported to the FBI last. The Planet Money team follows one woman who was scammed out of over $800,000 on her quest to get her money back.

NPR's Michel Martin asks D.C. Councilmember Brooke Pinto if a new package of tougher criminal penalties due to be voted on Tuesday shows the city went too far with justice and policing reforms.

French authorities say the Kremlin wants to divide society in France in order to weaken support for Ukraine as it resists the Russian invasion.