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Cotton farming is inching north into the Midwest. Climate change combined with dwindling water resources and new infrastructure means states like Kansas are becoming cotton country.

The wreck of the expedition ship the Endurance has been discovered 107 years after it sank in the Antarctic. Explorers and technicians found it in pristine condition under 10,000 feet of icy water.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She is now the director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Jenny Nguyen was annoyed by her experience in sports bars. The games she cared about were on mute or not even on. Her bar is expected to open next month. It's called the Sports Bra.

South Korean voters chose a politically inexperienced conservative as president, in the nation's tightest race ever. He has promised a tougher line on North Korea, and a closer alliance with the U.S.

Almost 1 in 10 nurses who were issued new licenses last year waited six months or more, an NPR analysis found. Nurses say patient care suffers as these delays make staffing shortages even worse.

With masks coming off in schools, day care centers and other places, many parents of young children are getting especially anxious and want to get their kids vaccinated. Pediatric trials continue.

The Philippines elects a new president in May and it may spell the revival of the once-disgraced family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. His son, Ferdinand Marcos Junior, leads the poll.

The lost ship of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton has been found — 106 years after the vessel sank. The wooden ship Endurance is remarkably intact about 10,000 feet underwater off Antarctica.

One year after a winter storm left residents in Jackson without water for up to a month, the city is receiving millions of federal dollars. But the funds won't be enough to fix the aging system.