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In an auditorium with dozens of other people, Alba Sanchez, a Costa Rican mother in Charlotte, took her naturalization oath as her mother and son looked…

Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocacy groups are calling for the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general to investigate the claims, centered on conditions at a facility in Georgia.

California is facing a searing heat wave and a growing number of wildfires — challenges only projected to get worse with climate change.

To owners of bars and nightclubs, pandemic restrictions on the industry can feel punitive. But there are important differences, virus hunters say, between a bar and a restaurant that serves alcohol.

Riot Games is known as the League of Legends studio — apart from some spinoffs, they've never done anything else. But now they're trying something new, a first-person shooter called Valorant.

NPR science and White House correspondents relay the latest in the United States response to the coronavirus epidemic.

Across the country, libraries have seen demand for e-books skyrocket as people try to entertain themselves during lockdown. But they're also dealing with complicated questions around reopening.

One is House Speaker John Boehner's golfing buddy; the other, an ally of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Republican Tom Latham and Democrat Leonard Boswell have long served together in the U.S. House. But redistricting has put the popular incumbents on a general-election collision course.

Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been vilified for their role in the housing collapse. Key employees have left as morale has plummeted. But the two organizations are key to the functioning of the U.S. housing market, leaving some observers concerned about the ongoing brain drain.

Attorneys, forensic analysts and other financial experts working for Purdue Pharma spent nearly two years looking for evidence of wrongdoing by the Sacklers. Critics want the findings made public.

Pitmaster Rodney Scott talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about his lifelong journey as a chef, and his debut cookbook: Rodney Scott's World of BBQ: Every Day Is a Good Day: A Cookbook.

The Spanish islands saw a big increase last year of people trying to migrate to Europe by boat. After sheltering many of them in hotels, the authorities have set up camps and stepped up deportations.

Set during the Siege of Leningrad in 1941, David Benioff's novel combines masterful storytelling with poignant historical insights — and, in the end, a joyous conclusion.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul about the summit between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly and Russian journalist Vladimir Pozner discuss how Russia is covering the Biden-Putin summit and how Putin may navigate accusations of cyberattacks and human rights violations.

A parade of policy disagreements between the U.S. and its European allies — and a stalled climate bill in Congress — could make President Biden's trip to Europe this week a bumpy one.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who chaired the hearing, said being distinct from Facebook isn't enough to cut it for the three tech giants. "That bar is in the gutter," he told the company officials.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Fiona Hill, top Russia advisor in the Trump administration, about her new book: There Is Nothing For You Here.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Sarah Stillman, staff writer at The New Yorker, who spent the past year with some of the growing number of migrant laborers who follow climate disasters for work.

Staff from NPR Music highlight the sleeper hits that got lost in the deluge of new music in 2021.