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Biden has vowed to make tackling the climate crisis a key component of his administration.

The official moniker, announced by Vice President Mike Pence at a White House Ceremony, comes one year after the creation of the newest military branch. The name drew raised eyebrows online.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Laurence Hyman, son of Shirley Jackson, about his mother's recently discovered short story which was recently published in The Strand Magazine.

The Food and Drug Administration greenlights the biotech firm's vaccine for emergency use in the U.S. The move bolsters a vast inoculation effort that's already underway.

The reviewer's father, who was born in Wuhan, China, and lived there until he was 28, couldn't bear to keep watching. But she did — and was deeply moved by this new documentary film.

Scott Simon talks to NPR's Tom Goldman about the Negro Leagues being given major league status by the MLB and Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer's historic win this week.

Four recommendations from NPR's Book Concierge for people who like to eat, cook, clean up after cooking or talk about food.

The announcement follows the revelation of a massive cyberattack against numerous government agencies as well as a number of private companies. Russian intelligence is widely believed responsible.

NPR's Scott Simon asks public health expert Bruce Y. Lee what lessons past vaccine roll-outs hold for the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine.

2020 has been filled with loss, but also with silver linings. We hear from some of our listeners about what you have gained in this difficult year.

Susan Cooper and Carson Ellis — the Newbury and Caldecott award winning author and illustrator — talk about their picture book, The Shortest Day. Monday will be the shortest day of 2020.

In June, Patty Neidert of Akron, Ohio told us about removing her mother from a nursing home. She's had to put her into another facility that's in lockdown, but says hope is just around the corner.

Residents waged a protest on Friday, demanding to know why senior faculty were getting the vaccine before front-line workers who see COVID-19 patients. Stanford has agreed the plan was flawed.

Deb Haaland would be the first Native American Cabinet secretary if confirmed as head of the Interior Department. Tribal members say the pick has symbolic importance and policy implications.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Reverend Liz Walker of Roxbury Presbyterian Church in Boston about how to combat vaccine mistrust in communities of color.

The status of a much-negotiated COVID-19 relief bill and staggering statistics that show just how profoundly the coronavirus crisis has affected American lives and livelihoods.

For many people, this is the first year they'll spend the holidays and other milestones apart from family, due to COVID-19. That's something students studying in the U.S. from overseas know all about.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Friday that it has suspended three fraternities that have been linked to a drug trafficking ring that federal prosecutors say funneled large amounts of drugs into three college campuses.

Jupiter and Saturn will appear to overlap on Monday evening — a rare sight that should be visible across the Charlotte region.

We answer listener questions related to the two new COVID-19 vaccines.