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A key rail union has voted against a deal brokered by the Biden administration, but talks continue to try to avert a strike next month. We look at what's at stake.

Italy's new right-wing government is taking a harder line on migrants picked up by rescue boats in the Mediterranean — blocking men from leaving the ships.

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving Section 230, the law that provides tech companies a legal shield against being sued over content posted online by their users.

The proposal was approved by a House subcommittee along almost-straight party lines.

China's National Health Commission is scaling down its daily COVID-19 report starting Wednesday after a sharp decline in PCR testing even though daily cases are hitting record highs.

Two chefs in Detroit are reimagining fine dining with music album-inspired meals. This Sunday, their muse is J Dilla and the late hip-hop artist's 2006 album Donuts.

NPR's David Greene talks to Suzanne Stevens of the Portland Business Journal about U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland, who will be deposed as part of the House's impeachment inquiry.

The corps is under a congressional mandate to integrate boot camp in line with the other services. Critics say it isn't moving fast enough. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 2, 2023.)

Southwest promised a return to near-normal operations on Friday. NPR checks in at Denver International Airport – a major failure point for the airline.

Nearly two-dozen states will have to cut harmful industrial emissions of nitrogen oxide and other pollutants, improving air quality for millions of people living in downwind communities.

White House spokesman Jay Carney put an end to intense speculation Thursday about whether President Obama would do an end run around Congress with one simple line: "This administration does not believe the 14th Amendment gives the president the power to ignore the debt ceiling — period."

The Female Pilots of Ukraine is the first of its kind in the country at a time when the Ukrainian military has been using drones for reconnaissance and fighting against Russian forces.

Tampa Bay's silver-anniversary season begins Thursday afternoon. If you're going to the Trop this year, here are some high-tech additions for fans to go along with new food and beverage options.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks ESPN's Don Van Natta about his investigation into the finances of the Washington Commanders under Dan Snyder's ownership.

A new AI-powered TikTok filter makes users look younger and more glamorous are freaking people out. There are concerns the tools promote unrealistic beauty standards and blurs the lines of reality.

The world's leaders are descending on Copenhagen for the long-awaited United Nations climate conference. NPR's Richard Harris fills in host Guy Raz on the gap between rich and poor nations, and why the last major climate treaty, worked out in Kyoto, Japan, didn't live up to its promise.

In the year since the 10-digit line changed to 988, one South Florida nonprofit has seen a 50% increase in calls. Lack of affordable housing and the pandemic are among the drivers.

Passmore's timely new graphic novel is set in an unnamed city whose football team has just won the Super Bowl, setting off fiery riots. It's a biting satire of political action, race and capitalism.

Dr. David Ansell's experiences treating patients at Chicago's public hospital for 17 years turned him into a strong advocate for national health care reform. He details what it was like to work with Chicago's uninsured patient population in a new memoir and social history.

Clive James was diagnosed with leukemia a few years ago. "There is a grief in all poetry," he writes in his latest book of essays. "Poetry holds itself together, and eventually we ourselves do not."

It took nearly 15 years, but Juan Gabriel Vasquez's Lovers on All Saints' Day has gotten an English translation. The collection, awash as it is in woe, is a portrait of the writer finding his footing.

A new collection of some of Fussell's most celebrated essays showcases the food and travel writer's tough-girl philosophy. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls Eat, Live, Love, Die an inspiring work.

Officials say hundreds are dead and thousands feared missing after a storm unleashes massive flooding in underserved and war-divided towns in Libya.

President Obama has been pushing his plans to overhaul the country's health care system. Opponents are skeptical about the cost of the plan.

Al Franken's victory in the long-running battle for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat gives Democrats the 60 votes needed to defeat a filibuster. But it may not be that easy. There are a dozen Democrats who may not toe the party line.