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The White House hasn't indicated if the husband of Vice President Harris, Douglas Emhoff, is experiencing symptoms. Harris has tested negative but is not participating in a White House event tonight.

Nearly a year after the Hollywood writers' strike started, the entertainment industry remains in flux. Harpers journalist Daniel Bessner says TV and film writers are feeling the brunt of the changes.

From the fictional story of a pregnant woman stuck in an IKEA during an earthquake, to in-depth reporting on Alzheimer's research, here are the books we're looking forward to in the next few months.

There's probably not many 81-year-olds with new jobs this spring, but the new Chicago Cubs coach isn't typical. NPR's Scott Simon talks to coach Jerry Weinstein.

A global shortage of face masks is prompting concern for the safety of health care workers. Now the U.S. government is trying to bring back an industry that largely left the country years ago.

Reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker tell NPR they wanted to make sense of the rapid churn of Trump-era news. In a new book, they emerge with a portrait of an "undisciplined, impulsive leader."

This week saw two big music releases: a new album from pop baritone Josh Groban and the new download from mash-up genius Girl Talk. Music critic Tom Moon offers his thoughts on two very different albums.

Fans who sweated in the summer heat playing last season at Steinbrenner Field were again bathed in sweet air conditioning. “What a moment for the community,” Rays CEO Ken Babby said.

The emotional toll the pandemic has taken is significant. What can we do to help ourselves and each other through this difficult time?

NPR correspondents recap how funding cuts, layoffs and leadership and policy changes in the second Trump administration are affecting the Departments of Defense, State and Health and Human Services.

Congressional Democrats are trying — yet again — for a long shot chance at immigration reform. For several months, lawmakers have tried to force the effort into a partisan spending bill.

Fifty Shades of Grey, the best selling tale of kinky passion, has sold more than 60 million copies. Which is why Random House employees are now seeing green. The big announcement at the publisher's Christmas party: a $5,000 bonus for every employee — from editors to the mailroom.

On this episode of Florida Matters, we talk with emergency management leaders from Hillsborough, Pinellas and Hernando counties about how they’re getting ready for hurricane season.

Dr. Kent Brantly and missionary Nancy Writebol have gone through "a rigorous course of treatment and thorough testing," Emory University Hospital's Dr. Bruce Ribner says.

The number of inmates who deliberately harm themselves in Arizona prisons has increased by more than 300% since 2015. Advocates say it points to a lack of proper mental health treatment.

Biden was far from the first U.S. president to say what he thought about Russia or its leaders — or to pay a price for it.

The chairman of a Senate committee that oversees public education filed legislation Monday aimed at cutting back on testing time in Florida schools,…

Under Trump administration deals to lower drug prices, pharmaceutical companies are offering some of their drugs at discounted prices through a new website called TrumpRx.gov.

Noah interviews Virginia State Trooper Mike Scott about a weekend assault on cars traveling down Interstate 95 by monkeys armed with pieces of fruit. Scott was hailed to the scene by a motorist who said a monkey had thrown a banana at her car. When they returned to the scene together, a trio of spider monkeys was tossing crab apples from an oak tree alongside the highway. Scott says he has no idea where they got the apples and bananas, nor where they came from.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David French of the National Retail Federation, about how the Trump administration's latest round of tariffs will affect consumers and the prices they pay.

Ireland has Europe's biggest trade surplus with the US. So Trump's plans to slash corporate tax, onshore multinationals and impose tariffs could hit Ireland hard.

The former Maryland governor also was flatly dismissive of Republican economic theories in an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, saying they're 'patently bull----.'

Chess fans have questions after Hans Niemann's win over world champion Magnus Carlsen. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Caleb Wetherell, who runs Pawnalyze, a chess analysis website, about the outcome.

Sunnis are forming their own militias, offering a monthly wage of $700 (with extra for hazardous duty pay). Their goal is to defend Sunni shrines and politicians against Shiite fighters.

Fishing in the Gulf of California has nearly wiped out the vaquita marina. But a new genetic analysis offers hope for the engandered porpoise: the species can make a comeback, if humans protect it.