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.
What lessons can be learned from the 1980 actors strike?
NPR's A Martinez talks with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz about the lessons that can be learned from the 1980 actors strike as a new strike is now underway.
Alabama to consider new congressional voting map following Supreme Court decision
Alabama begins a special session to consider a new congressional voting map after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state's current map likely diluted the power of Black voters in Alabama.
Fans in Florida welcome global soccer star Lionel Messi to Inter Miami
Global soccer star Lionel Messi is receiving a hero's welcome in Florida. He's joining Major League Soccer's Inter Miami in a move that's bringing new attention and fans to the pro sport in the U.S.
The morality police in Iran have returned to enforce headscarf rules for women
In Iran, the morality police are back on the streets and officials are promising strict enforcement of mandatory Islamic headscarf rules for women.
Explosions reported on key bridge linking annexed Crimea and Russia's mainland
At least two people have died and another was injured after what Russian authorities are calling an "emergency" on a key bridge linking the Russian mainland to annexed Crimea.
Phoenix could break its record for longest hot spell as extreme heat persists
Much of the U.S. continues to be gripped by extreme heat — especially Phoenix. That's where temperatures have been at or above 110 degrees every day for two weeks now.
More than 800,000 borrowers will receive federal student loan forgiveness
The debt erasure applies to long-time borrowers who should have qualified for loan forgiveness under the rules of the government's income-driven repayment plans, but haven't received it.
Striking Hollywood actors join striking writers on the picket lines
Actors who are members of SAG-AFTRA called for a work stoppage against the big studios. NPR's A Martinez talks with Ben Whitehair, the union's executive vice president, about the strike.
My father, a migrant worker, sacrificed to make the world better, Johnny Itliong says
Johnny Itliong grew up in California's grape fields. His father Larry Itliong helped lead the Delano Grape Strike in 1965. Johnny came to StoryCorps to share stories about his dad with his own son.