The world waits as cardinals work to choose the next pope
The world is watching the Vatican on Thursday as 133 cardinals work to choose which of them will be the next pope.
How Germany's new foreign policy may differ from Merkel's government
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rachel Rizzo, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Europe Center, about Germany's new leadership and its pressing foreign policy concerns.
President Biden announces a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics
NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Mike Mazza of the American Enterprise Institute about whether the U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing will have a tangible effect.
Sharon Gless shares work and family stories in her new memoir
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to actress Sharon Gless — of Cagney & Lacey fame — about her new memoir: Apparently There Were Complaints.
Examining the counter effects school lockdown drills may have in the long run
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. David Schonfeld of the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, about the impact of school lockdown exercises.
How online markets may be contributing to organized retail crime
Brazen shoplifting is caught on video, but hard numbers for shoplifting don't really exist. Nonetheless, merchants say it's growing fast and online retailers are partly to blame.
Justice Department to sue Texas over the state's redistricting plans
The Department of Justice has announced it is suing Texas for discriminating against people of color when lawmakers drew the state's new voting districts.
A snake adds new meaning to the phrase: curling up on the sofa
A man in Clearwater, Fla., pulled back the cushions on his sofa to find a five-foot snake. The sofa was carried outside and a red-tailed boa constrictor was extracted.
Inside London's Natural History Museum is a unique holiday sweater
The museum has an animatronic T. rex. The life-size creature is wearing a holiday sweater, which the manufacturer said took 100 hours to make.
Trump ally Perdue seeks to unseat Georgia's Republican governor
Donald Trump has asked former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, a Republican, to run against Georgia's incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. What does it mean for Republicans and for Democrats?
Fauci urges people to get COVID vaccines and boosters to curtail variants
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, about the omicron variant, and how the U.S. should respond to its spread.
While the omicron variant steals the spotlight, delta is still a big problem
The omicron variant has been detected in about one-third of U.S. states, while the delta variant infects 100,000 people a day. Officials urge people to get vaccinated and boosted.