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Iran is among the countries hard hit hit by the coronavirus pandemic. As Iranians head back to work after their New Year's holiday, fears are growing that the rate of infection could surge.

John J. Lennon, who is incarcerated at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York, describes packed conditions at the prison, where inmates had been banned from wearing protective face coverings.

Rosemary Mariner, the first American female military aviator to command an air squadron, has died at the age of 65. Steve Inskeep remembers Mariner's life with her friend and pilot Tammie Jo Shults.

After President Trump offered temporary protections for some immigrants in the country illegally in return for $5.7 billion for a border wall Democrats rejected it.

Quiara Alegría Hudes' novel was inspired by Siddhartha and other classic tales of men seeking enlightenment. It's about a mother in Philadelphia who buys a bus ticket, leaving her daughter behind.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Cynthia Arnson, director of the Wilson Center's Latin American Program, about the current political tensions in Venezuela.

According to Los Angeles Times food columnist Lucas Kwan Peterson Five Guys has the best French Fries. And in dead last is In-N-Out. He speaks with NPR's Audie Cornish about the rankings.

What is Lebanon's path forward after the explosion? Protesters say wholesale change is needed. NPR's Noel King speaks with Mona Fawaz who is a professor at the American University of Beirut.

Israel's prime minister could lose his job as rivals join forces. Texas GOP gives up on a new voting bill after Democrats walk out before a final vote. Still no deal on Biden's infrastructure plan.

For more than a century, California's Native American tribes were largely banned from doing traditional burning of the landscape. Now, they're restoring that practice to help prevent fires.