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The economist, who served in the Clinton and Obama administrations, tells NPR's Scott Simon about the problems that he sees in the Biden administration's COVID-19 relief bill.

Jacob Allen, who performs as Puma Blue, suffered from chronic insomnia. And he's used his sleeplessness as inspiration for his new album "In Praise of Shadows."

Two young, inseparable teenage girls were found hanging side by side from a mango tree in a small village in India in May 2014. Author Sonia Faleiro investigates their deaths in a new book.

The World Health Organization is setting up a new committee to investigate the origins of the current pandemic and potential outbreaks in the future.

An expectant Afghan mother went into labor aboard a military flight to Germany. Upon landing at Ramstein Air Base, medical personnel rushed aboard the C-17 and helped the mother deliver a baby girl.

The U.S. military is working with the U.S. Agency for International Development to deliver vitally needed aid to remote areas devastated by the recent earthquake in Haiti.

Police say rape cases are tough because a victim's memory is often spotty. The ways trauma affects the brain is helping police in rape and sexual assault cases.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Rutgers University Assistant Professor Peter Hepburn about why only 11% of the money Congress allocated for emergency assistance for renters has been distributed.

Ben Jackson couldn't travel for a family funeral because of the pandemic. He drew a design with feed on a field, and the sheep rushed to fill the outline of a giant heart. A drone captured the scene.

NPR's Noel King talks to Simon Ticehurst of Oxfam about that charitable group and others being expelled from Nicaragua, in a worsening crackdown months ahead of a presidential election.