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Drug industry veteran Moncef Slaoui is a key figure in Operation Warp Speed's push to develop COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines. His employment terms raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

Most bands that perform a Tiny Desk Concert need to adjust their sound to accommodate the setting's limitations. Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko and French cellist Vincent Segal are an exception.

Months of protests over police brutality has brought some change, but major reform has so far eluded many communities.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Roxanna Moritz, Elections Commissioner for Scott County, Iowa, about in-person voting in a state where coronavirus infection numbers are rising.

Affordable, quality child care was hard to come by even before the pandemic and now even more so. It's not for a lack of ideas about how to fix it. Is this the moment those ideas are taken seriously?

Here's a primer from our Life Kit parenting team.

The Oscar-winning film star with the distinctive Scottish brogue eventually outgrew the 007 role to appear in a range of movies in a career that spanned nearly a half-century.

Incumbent Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is also running for reelection against Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest.

This October, NPR member stations bring you a mix of the most popular songs on their airwaves, including music from Nilüfer Yanya, Sierra Ferrell, Sharon Van Etten, Ani DiFranco and more.

The Oscar-winning film star with the distinctive Scottish brogue eventually outgrew the 007 role to appear in a range of movies in a career that spanned nearly a half-century.

Republican incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis is defending his seat against Democrat Cal Cunningham, a former state legislator, in the most expensive Senate race in U.S. history, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

North Carolina has 13 congressional districts, which were redrawn in 2019 after legal challenges to partisan gerrymandering.

The brilliant and nimble guitarist reinvents the songs of John Lennon at the NPR Music offices.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to former BuzzFeed writer Anne Helen Petersen about her new book, Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation.

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted treatment of opioid addiction, as Philadelphia rehabs have closed. But there is hope in the increased use of telemedicine and Narcan for overdoses.

With just days to go, the 2020 campaign is proving to be a referendum on Donald Trump's presidency more than anything else.

The executive order strips protections for thousands of federal workers. The administration says it's needed to get rid of "poor performers," but critics call it an attack on nonpolitical employees.

Writer Ram V takes on a classic music-biz myth in his new graphic novel: The devilish crossroads deal. But it's illustrator Anand RK's loose, jazzy, clever art that really makes this book sing.

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden make their closing arguments in what's been an unusual campaign season to say the least.

Control of the North Carolina state legislature is at stake with 50 state Senate seats on the ballot.