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We talk about everything from the possibility of booster shots to the pause in the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

A Chicago police officer shot and killed the 13-year-old in late March. Body camera footage of the shooting was released last week.

The nation's largest suburban shopping mall was filled with consumers, while National Guard troops stood guard in downtown Minneapolis. Making sense of the contrasting images is hard.

The Biden administration is ordering U.S. immigration enforcement agencies to change how they talk about immigrants, part of a broader effort to build a more "humane" immigration system.

NASA announced that a small helicopter sent to Mars aboard the Perseverance rover took flight — the first controlled, powered flight on another planet. The helicopter took aerial photos of Mars.

Lawyers delivered their closing arguments in Derek Chauvin's murder trial before the start of jury deliberations.

President Biden announced that troops will be out of Afghanistan by September. Many Afghanistan veterans were among the strongest voices calling for the U.S. to leave, but veteran opinions are varied.

President Biden took questions from reporters after holding his first in-person meeting with a foreign leader since taking office, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

Following the release of the police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, we look at the Little Village community where the shooting took place in Chicago.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is reversing restrictions on the use of fetal tissue in medical research implemented under former President Trump.

Many federally recognized tribes throughout the U.S. have had great success vaccinating their members against COVID-19. But those without federal recognition say they have a very different story.

NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with Kate Winslet and Brad Ingelsby about their new series, Mare of Easttown.

Demonstrators took to the streets again in Chicago Friday night, protesting the death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, shot by police after a foot chase last month.

A pause in the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will last at least another week, even as eligibility for coronavirus vaccines expand. What impact will the pause have on inoculations?

Julie Lythcott-Haims' new book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, is a handbook on adulthood. Her 2017 memoir, Real American, is the story of her coming to terms with her racial identity.

What needs to change – and who thinks anything will?

Lots of goods were held up when a cargo ship became stuck in the Suez canal, causing shortages in many places around the world. In the UK, garden gnomes are in high demand.

A woman in Krakow, Poland was concerned about a strange animal hanging out in a tree near her house. The animal turned out to be a flaky french pastry.

The attorney for the family of the 13-year-old Chicago boy shot in an alley by police said he didn't need to die. "Adam may still be alive today had the officer given him the opportunity to comply."

Educators tell NPR that the stress of teaching through the pandemic has affected their health and their personal lives. "It's like nothing I've experienced before," one teachers says.