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COVID-19 infections are leading to staffing shortages at police and fire departments in many cities, including San Diego, where Fire Chief Colin Stowell says it's led to some temporary shutdowns.

Vice President Harris was in Guatemala on Monday. Next she meets with Mexico's president — on the second leg of her trip to try to address the root cause of Central American migration to the U.S.

A new book explores the life of Justice John Marshall Harlan, who wrote the dissenting opinion in the Supreme Court case that upheld the principle of racial segregation.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ben Rhodes, former advisor to President Obama, about his new book which explores the decline of democracy abroad — and warns that it could happen here, too.

The White House wants to pay farmers for carbon in their soil. Sequestering carbon on farms is straightforward, but benefits are hard to measure. Some worry about creating another subsidy.

The documentary Us Kids showcases the rise of the "March for Our Lives" movement. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the director, Kim Snyder, and two activists, Sam Fuentes and X Gonzalez.

During a special pandemic enrollment period, the Biden administration is trying to make getting health insurance irresistible by making it easier to sign up and making plans more affordable.

The website MyMilitia makes it easier than ever for people to find armed, far-right paramilitary groups to join. Efforts to take down the site have sputtered.

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are battling it out to win Iowa in a very close race that will be decided tomorrow night in the caucuses.

Peter Hotez and Maria Elena Bottazzi used an oldie-but- goodie technology to devise a vaccine that's easy to make — and relatively cheap. India has already ordered 300 million doses.