Search results for

A new Emory University study finds younger Black women are more at risk for heart disease than older Black women. Today, the National Weather Service is examining damage from a possible Tuesday tornado in Lumpkin County, after five others spun up in North Georgia on Monday. And Georgia will get the federal resources it needs to address the aftermath of March storms. President Biden has declared a major disaster in Coweta, Fannin, Gilmer, Heard, Lumpkin, Pickens, Rabun and White counties.

Have you ever found yourself in the library or a bookstore, about to go on vacation, with no idea what books to bring? NPR's Lynn Neary talks to three book critics about the best reads of the summer.

There's been considerable news coverage of the Trump administration, but less about what’s been going on at the Department of Education.

In the United States there's lots of discussion about when the coronavirus will finally become endemic the way colds are. But African scientists say that may have already happened on their continent.

Gregory Katsas has a sterling legal pedigree. But his service in the Trump White House could play an important role in any confirmation hearings if he's selected as a federal appeals court judge.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Dr. Rahul Gupta, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, about the record opioid overdoses in the country.

NPR investigates allegations that former Los Angeles mayor and current U.S. Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti lied under oath to protect a friend and adviser from harassment claims.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his U.K. counterpart are in Kyiv after Russia received shipments of close-range ballistic missile systems from Iran.

In a year when the industry bet on fresh tech and virtual worlds, NPR's hip-hop and R&B editor found these albums powerfully immersive all on their own.

States with the lowest vaccination rates are clustered in the South and the Southwest. But there's one standout, New Mexico, where health officials now say some counties are close to 90% vaccinated.