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The U.N. has released the most comprehensive global climate science report ever. It is unequivocal: Humans must stop burning fossil fuels or suffer catastrophic impacts.

U.S. colleges are counting on high COVID-19 vaccination rates to keep their campuses safe this fall. Many are offering flashy prizes to encourage students and faculty to get their shots.

It's the first step in an audacious plan to solve vaccine inequity by setting up the manufacturing of mRNA vaccines across low-resource countries.

Attorney Spencer Sheehan has sued over not enough strawberries, little or no actual vanilla and how much lime constitutes "a hint of lime" in chips. Companies often pay to make these lawsuits go away.

About 1.8 million people have received the Purple Heart for being wounded or killed in combat. A recent recipient says many merit the award but feel their injuries were too minor to pursue it.

The U.S. is about to undertake a national investigation into hundreds of American Indian boarding schools that operated for more than a century and served to "kill the Indian to save the man."

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Washington Post columnist Steven Petrow about why there's reason to be optimistic about 2022.

A battle over Palestinian activist groups that Israel accuses of terrorism has taken a turn into the world of Israeli spyware. Israel hopes to convince European countries to stop funding the groups.

Many of Afghanistan's growing number of destitute people are making desperate decisions as their nation spirals into a deeper poverty.

President Biden's polls have plunged. As his agenda stalled, his party lost the Virginia gubernatorial race. The infrastructure win gives him some lift as he now tries to pass a much-tougher bill.