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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the drummer and bandleader about his new album which re-invents the American cowboy myth, borrowing from Bollywood, hip-hop and traditional Punjabi music.

The vaccine for tuberculosis has been around since the 1920s but it doesn't work very well. A new study shows that the vaccine could be far more effective if given at higher doses, intravenously.

A coalition of opponents contend that the bill violates First Amendment rights and would place an "undue burden on the right to vote."

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Jennifer Heissenbuttal about her sister AshLee DeMarinis, a teacher who died from COVID-19.

Hospital chaplain Matt Norvell has been praying with patients for more than a decade. But the last nine months during the coronavirus pandemic have been the most intense of his career.

A hushed Jewish community in Dubai has emerged into the open after the Israeli-Emirati peace deal. Now they're hosting an unlikely rush of Orthodox Jews to the Gulf Arab city.

Thousands of Airbnb hosts received an email invitation to buy company stock ahead of its initial public offer. Many, though, didn't take the email seriously.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with George Clooney — actor, director, raconteur — about his new science fiction movie, The Midnight Sky, and the place we find ourselves in at the end of 2020.

Distribution of the Pfizer vaccine has begun, with shipments expected to reach 636 sites this week. The first shots could be given as soon as tomorrow.

A dismal jobs report, on top of millions of unemployment claims, paints a dire picture of the economic carnage of the coronavirus. NPR correspondents examine that — and take a look at mask science.

As communities across the country radically restrict public gatherings, small business owners and their workers are scrambling to stay afloat. For example: Alicia Villanueva, the tamale lady.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Raphael Xavier, professional breakdancer and professor of hip-hop dance at Princeton, about break dancing becoming an Olympic sport.

A big advertising boycott of Facebook officially kicks off on Wednesday. What brands are pausing spending, what do they want, and what impact is this having on the world's biggest social network?

There's no data on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines on pregnant people or babies who are being breastfed. Dr. Adeline Goss tells Sarah McCammon why she chose to nurse after getting the shot.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Thomas Rid of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies about Russia's alleged hack on the U.S. government and tech companies.

Feeling their work on COVID-19 was being ignored, and facing hostility, epidemiologists Eileen White and Caroline Buckee threw in the towel. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro discusses their decisions.

Media in Belarus report the country's opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova was abducted by masked men and hauled away in a van Monday morning while walking in the capital city Minsk.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former Federal Housing Administration Commissioner Carol Galante about the way forward for renters and landlords during the coronavirus shutdown.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Thomas Bollyky of the global health program at the Council on Foreign Relations about the implications of tracking people who get the COVID-19 vaccine.

A new report says military families are relying more on food banks and other emergency aid, partly because military spouses lost their jobs or had their hours cut during the pandemic.

In the original, a gigantic bear is on the prowl. After nearly 40 years, Grizzly II is coming to streaming platforms and drive-in theaters. It stars Laura Dern, Charlie Sheen and George Clooney.

The U.S. has reported far more cases of coronavirus than any other country. How did the country not see this coming as recently as late February? What went wrong with the messaging from the top?

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Anabel González, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, about the European Union's decision to restrict the export of medical gear.

For weeks, Seattle nurses have been treating COVID-19 patients. They are confused and don't believe their hospitals are prepared. Nurses are collecting masks online and in neighborhoods.

As climate change causes spring to arrive earlier in North America, a new study found migratory birds making the longest journeys are arriving too late.