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http://66.225.205.104/JR20101209.mp3(Updated Thursday, 10 a.m.) The House passed the Dream Act late Wednesday by a vote of 216 - 198. The Senate is…

Even many symptomatic patients and exposed health workers who are able to get a COVID-19 test must wait nearly a week to get results. Others get results in hours. Here's why it varies so much.

DARPA, the Pentagon's R&D agency, is working with partners to develop low-cost gliders that travel about 100 miles and disappear within hours. The vehicles could have humanitarian and military uses.

Charlie Shrem went to prison for his involvement in Bitcoin trading. Now he's out and part of the next evolution of Bitcoin's future, investments that trade using Bitcoin's underlying technology.

A five-year farm bill will end months of uncertainty for farmers and agriculture workers, its backers say. The Agricultural Act of 2014 would also end a long-criticized farm subsidy program.

Staff members of NPR remember the Queen of Soul beyond her No. 1 hits. These are Aretha Franklin's most essential deep cuts.

The Jazz Night in America team highlights a selection of the 2021 Tiny Desk Contest entries that caught their ears and display the expanse of what jazz has to offer.

China has enforced strict regulations on its tech platforms over the past year. But this crackdown has sparked such instability in financial markets that the government may be having second thoughts.

The bill would amend the Electoral Count Act, which legal experts have called vague and confusing. The legislation is similar to a somewhat narrower bill from a bipartisan group of senators.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including House Speaker Newt Gingrich; Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle D-SD); Amtrak crash survivor Hortencia (hore-TEN-shyuh) Orgeta; Amtrak resident Thomas Downs; FBI agent Larry McCormack; Senator Bill Roth (R-Del); enate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD); and Senator Phil Gramm (R-Tx).

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including International Olympic Committee President Dr. Jacques Rogge; Canadian figure skater David Pelletier; Senator Peter Fitzgerald (R-Ill.); former Enron Chairman and CEO Kenneth Lay; Representative Martin Meehan (D-Mass.); Representative Dick Armey (R-Tex.); President George W. Bush; Senator James Jeffords (I-Vt.); and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.

NPR's Richard Harris travels to Chattanooga, Tenn., where R.J. Reynolds this week began test-marketing its new 'Eclipse' cigarette. Eclipse is designed to produce much less smoke than normal cigarettes. Even though R.J. Reynolds is not marketing the cigarette as safer, smokers seem to perceive it that way. And health experts question how much safer it really is. Eclipse also raises regulatory issues.

Among the movies nominated for Best Picture this year is The Lord of the Rings. Commentator Simon Tolkien remarks on the visionary mind of his grandfather, J.R.R., who wrote the trilogy the movie is based on. Simon relates details of his grandfather's life and how those experiences influenced The Lord of the Rings. (Simon Tolkien is author of the novel Final Witness. It's published by Random House.

President Obama will award Medals of Honor to two-dozen soldiers on Tuesday. One of them is Santiago Erevia, who risked his life in 1969 when he charged four North Vietnamese bunkers.

Dave Graham of Frederickstown, Ohio, has volunteered after natural disasters around the country. He's been spending time offering to listen to stories of tornado survivors in Dawson Springs, Ky.

Trump's proposal to tackle HIV promises extra help for seven states where HIV has become a rural problem. Experts in Oklahoma wonder if it will be enough, given the state's high uninsured rate.

Patrice Rushen's years singing for Elektra Records in the 1970s and '80s helped define late-era disco and R&B. Now, a collection of her classic R&B and dance tunes is being released.

Ain't no party like a Sausage Party 'cause a Sausage Party don't stop ... being blithely offensive. But this animated film for adult audiences is made with true passion and technical skill.

With Russian attacks escalating, Ukraine is dependent on air defense systems and munitions supplied by western allies to protect Ukrainian cities.

With last week's opening of the Lynx Blue Line Extension, Charlotte Area Transit System on Monday discontinued some bus routes and revised others so they…