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COVID cases in Japan fell more than 99% from the last peak. Unlike previous infection waves and countries in similar situations, it's largely staying there.

Omicron is spreading rapidly across the U.K. Ex-police officer who drew her gun instead of a taser found guilty of manslaughter. Shoppers are spending more despite COVID-19 and supply chain issues.

Shoppers are spending more despite COVID-19 and supply chain issues. At the same time, some people skipped the store in favor of handmade gifts.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Los Angeles Times columnist Patt Morrison about the literary legacy of iconic writer Joan Didion, who died Thursday at her home in New York from Parkinson's disease.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to Jessica Levinson, law professor Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, about the court's decision to hear challenges to the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

A year and a half after COVID-19 outbreaks tore through many of the nation's meatpacking plants, workers and their towns are still working on ways to enhance safety.

A NASA space probe captured some eerie sounds when it flew past Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons. Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system — it's even bigger than the planet Mercury!

Professor Homei Miyashita worked on ways to have canisters spray flavor onto hygienic film. The film then rolls over a screen — to be licked. So far it can create the flavor of chocolate.

A study shows how much prey whales eat. It reveals how the global loss of whales changed ocean life in ways that may make it harder for them to rebound. (Story first aired on ATC on Nov. 11, 2021.)

Four prominent Vietnamese dissidents have been given harsh prison terms for speaking out against the government. Activists say it's part of an escalating crackdown on dissent.