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NPR's A Martinez talks to House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, who is advocating for the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, about what he wants to hear in the president speech.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Abdullahi Tumburkai, whose wife and brothers were recently kidnapped in northern Nigeria. He is now helping others whose family members have been kidnapped.

Venezuela is facing a long-term catastrophe of its own making: widespread child malnutrition. Years of economic mismanagement have brought massive poverty and food shortages.

Fauci and Paul sparred at a Senate hearing on COVID-19, escalating exchanges the two have had throughout the pandemic. Fauci also said Paul is attempting to raise money off "a catastrophic epidemic."

Pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations have more than quadrupled in Texas in the last two weeks. Already understaffed hospitals are now seeing high COVID attrition too, and asking for help.

Aduhelm is the first treatment approved in the country to slow cognitive decline in those living with Alzheimer's. Doctors have refused to prescribe it, given the lack of data and evidence behind it.

"His contribution allows communities in Cambodia to live, work, and play; without fear of losing life or limb," the nonprofit APOPO said after the death of Magawa, an African giant pouched rat.

After initially resisting, the Navy will comply with the state's order to remove fuel from a massive underground storage tank facility near Pearl Harbor, officials say.

The 17 victims of Sunday's blaze ranged from 2 to 50 years old. The dead included 11 people from Gambia. Many families are now struggling to prepare for their loved ones' funerals.

Survey of 1,000 experts and leaders finds cybersecurity and space add to the existing challenges of climate change and the coronavirus pandemic.