RFK Jr.'s picks for CDC vaccine advisers meet this week amid controversy
For the first time since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replaced all the members of the vaccine committee, it is meeting in Atlanta.
News brief: Jan. 6 hearing, Trump poll, Russian pipeline restarts
The House Jan. 6 committee preps for a primetime hearing. Poll: A majority of Americans blame Trump for Jan. 6 insurrection. The pipeline that brings natural gas from Russia to Germany is to reopen.
Animal welfare groups are gearing up for a massive canine rescue in Virginia
About 4,000 beagles are being rescued from a troubled breeding facility in Virginia run by a company that raises and sells animals for research. Animal welfare groups are trying to find them homes.
Why did U.K.'s Tories pull the plug on Johnson but Republicans still support Trump?
Why did Conservative party lawmakers in Britain force out Prime Minister Johnson for a series of scandals and lies, while in the U.S., many GOP lawmakers continue to support former President Trump?
A good broadcast plan may be key to the success of the female Tour de France
When the Tour de France ends this week, another one begins — this time for the world's best female riders. For the first time in 33 years, women will compete in the most famous cycling stage race.
Extreme drought in northern Mexico has left millions of residents without water
Two of the three reservoirs that serve the city are practically empty. In the long term, officials are trying to build more dams and reservoirs. The short term plan is to hope for rain.
U.S. defense officials pledge to keep weapons supply flowing to Ukraine
Nearly five months into Russia's war in Ukraine, it increasingly looks like a war of attrition. At the Pentagon, the top leaders spoke about how the U.S. is adapting to this reality.
in California it's peak seaweed season. Let's go foraging
We take a trip to the California coast to forage for seaweed.
Major gas pipeline from Russia to Europe restarts after a break for maintenance
The operator announced that natural gas started flowing through a key pipeline after a 10-day shutdown. The gas flow was expected to fall well short of full capacity and the outlook was uncertain.
Why rural Americans feel inflation's effects more than people in cities and suburbs
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to professor Dave Peters, an economist and sociologist with Iowa State University's extension service, about the pain rural Americans are feeling because of inflation.
A bipartisan group of senators blocks a Trump-era plan to realign the VA
The plan would have shut many of the Department of Veterans Affairs less-used clinics and aging hospitals. The senators say they're working on a way to rebuild the VA' infrastructure.