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Taking on two world crises, President Biden pledged to use diplomacy to end the long Yemen war and to allow more refugees to come to the US.

Iowa's governor is ordering K-12 schools offer students 100% in-person learning. But Iowa doesn't have a mask mandate, all teachers and staff aren't vaccinated and social distancing is a challenge.

In April, Mauricio Valdivia died from complications related to COVID-19 at age 52. For StoryCorps, his two younger siblings, Jorge and Jessica, trade memories of their generous and fun-loving brother.

The former president is accused of having incited a mob of his supporters on Jan. 6, leading to the insurrection at the Capitol.

President Trump held a campaign rally Monday night in Kentucky for Republican Gov. Matt Bevin who is in a tough race with Democrat Andy Beshjear, who is the state's attorney general.

"I wanted a chance to have other conversations with him," Peter Miller says of his late grandfather, whose letters to his wife inspired Miller's new album with We Are the Willows.

"We feel that this issue threatens to make Mar-a-Lago into a permanent beacon for his more rabid, lawless supporters," an attorney for a group opposing Trump's move to the club argued.

Air strikes hit the Syrian province of Idlib, near the Turkish border Thursday. It was the second time the American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in Syria widened its target.

Morning Edition hosts recount and replay some of the show's less-than-perfect moments on the air.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' victory parade will set sail on the Hillsborough River, starting near Armature Works at 1 p.m. today and ending at Port Tampa Bay.

On this day in 1979, Morning Edition broadcast its first show, bringing a new style of storytelling to the early-drive-time airwaves. That first show was hosted by Bob Edwards and Barbara Hoctor.

Despite being at-risk, essential workers, many who work in farming or meatpacking still lack access to coronavirus testing. Farmworker advocates say that doesn't bode well for vaccination outreach.

Coronavirus infection rates in Kenya are the lowest they have been since the beginning of the pandemic, and life seems back to normal. A new song is capturing that moment.

How can All Things Considered consider all things without considering dinosaurs? That's the question posed by 8-year-old Leo Shidla of Minneapolis.

The GOP picked up the seats needed to retake control of the Senate and then some — with major victories in North Carolina, Iowa, Colorado and Arkansas. They also added to their margin in the House.

From its seas, to rivers, to its air quality, Lebanon is ruining itself. Scientists say the country should be a cautionary tale of what happens when governments prioritize business over environment.

NPR's David Greene talks to Andrew Light, a former State Department climate official who helped develop the Paris climate agreement. The U.S. withdrawal from the pact will be completed in a year.

For more than a century, a wrecked ship was lodged in the rocks above Niagara Falls. On Halloween, a storm bearing intense wind and rain, moved the vessel from its resting place.

In the film Honey Boy, Shia LeBeouf tells his life story and stars as his father. It draws from his turbulent childhood as a Disney star and his conflicted relationship with his father.

Tariffs are really hurting some small growers because the big ones who've lost their overseas market are dumping fruit domestically, and the small growers aren't eligible for USDA relief.

Bans on same-sex marriage in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee were confirmed by a federal court Thursday, reversing lower courts' decisions.

Thirty-six governors were on the ballot Tuesday. Florida's Rick Scott, Wisconsin's Scott Walker and Kansas' Sam Brownback were among the Republicans who won despite stiff challenges by Democrats.

Republicans have gained the power to run the Senate. That means, they takeover all the committees, control the agenda on the floor and gain the ability to stop President Obama's appointments.

Commentator Frank Deford explains why he thinks football has a better claim on being America's national pastime than baseball.

Republicans have picked up the seats they need to control the U.S. Senate. They even added to their margin in the U.S. House. David Greene talks to Rep. David Schweikert, a Republican from Arizona.