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Public health experts have been urging Americans for months to get vaccinated and tested for COVID-19. But the options for children under 5 are limited. Parents long for more support and guidance.

Most of the U.S. is served by volunteer firefighters, but staffing and operating these departments has never been harder. Many are stretched increasingly thin, sometimes with near fatal consequences.

He's won the American Teacher Award, been awarded the National Medal of Arts, and made an honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire. For 24 years, Rafe Esquith has taught at an inner city school in Los Angeles, inspiring his fifth graders to excel far beyond the low expectations often placed on poor, immigrant children.

In the latest Politically Speaking column, Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving says the White House position on intelligence reform may not be what it seems.

When law enforcement requests it, Google usually hands over location and search data collected through its smartphone apps. Will that now be used against people seeking abortions in some states?

New Orleans’ public school district isn’t bringing in enough money to maintain aging school buildings that weren’t rebuilt or renovated following Hurricane Katrina, officials said Tuesday.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Gina McCarthy, the White House national climate advisor, about the Supreme Court's ruling that limits the EPA's ability to set carbon-emission limits.

David Folkenflik asks attorney John Langford about using libel laws to combat misinformation in the media.

Britain announced a deal with Rwanda on Thursday to send asylum-seekers thousands of miles to the East African country, which it said would deter people-smugglers, but has been called inhumane.