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Food insecurity was already high in Detroit before the pandemic; now it's increased. Ederique Goudia and Raphael Wright are among those trying to help.

A new report warns that pedestrian deaths per mile driven soared in the first half of the year, with the death rate likely to see the largest one-year increase in 2020.

A rare blood clotting condition has occurred in some people after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. If the new research is correct, it could mean that blood clots could be easily treated.

The Republican presidential candidates debated in Florida Monday night and it was a relatively civil affair. But there were plenty of sharp attacks — most of them launched by former front-runner Mitt Romney against the man who has at least for the moment, passed him in the polls former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

The 85-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader scrapped plans to receive the injection at home, opting instead to travel to a clinic. "More people should have courage to take this injection," he said.

In 1974, Columbia University professor Ehsan Yarshater began a comprehensive encyclopedia of Iranian history. Now, he's 91 years old and at the letter K. Tell Me More explores the project's scope and significance with Yarshater and contributor Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, director of the Roshan Center for Persian Studies at the University of Maryland.

In The Other Life, author Ellen Meister writes about a woman who can simultaneously live two realities — that of a suburban houswife, and a big city dreamer. How does she do it? Through a portal hidden in her basement.

Driving a Prius and putting up solar panels aren't the only options for cooling the earth's climate. More radical ideas include brightening clouds, creating giant algae blooms in the ocean and launching spacecraft to deploy giant sunshades. It might sound a bit far-fetched, but scientists are considering ideas like these — known as geoengineering — to alter the climate.

A native of Beijing, author Diane Liang sometimes simplifies some of the Chinese names and details in her books for the benefit of her foreign audience. Nevertheless, her fiction is still steeped in the sights and sounds of her homeland.

Federal authorities in San Diego are going door to door, asking business owners along the U.S.-Mexico border to help them look for signs of underground tunnel construction and existing tunnels. This follows last month's discovery of two massive tunnels in the area and the seizure of 50 tons of marijuana.

Fox News says its coverage of bogus election-fraud claims was "accurate and disinterested" and is protected by the First Amendment.

"It was a kill shot to the back of the head" that cost Brown his life, family attorney Ben Crump said as his office released the results of an independent autopsy. The FBI said it was investigating.

A majority of Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama voted against forming a union. It wasn't that much of a surprise for people who work and live in the state.

The Obama administration is looking for another way to promote broader access to birth control, now that the Supreme Court has struck down a key provision of the Affordable Care Act.

Buildings account for about 12% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Massachusetts is trying to reduce that by retrofitting the state's iconic triple-deckers.

Officials say expanding offshore wind will create tens of thousands of jobs and help reduce climate warming emissions. Multiple departments will coordinate to sell new leases and approve permits.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Gallup editor in chief Mohamed Younis about how public opinion on labor unions has changed over the years and what that means in the context of the Bessemer Amazon vote.

It's been more than a year since theater goers have been able to see an indoor performance in New York City. But some spaces and producers are moving to find safe ways to open up.

President Emmanuel Macron, in a televised address to the nation, said he was left with no choice as deaths approach 100,000 and the country's hospitals are overwhelmed.

The Harvard survey shows that despite living through one of the most divisive eras in U.S. history, 18- to 29-year-olds — especially those of color — are generally optimistic about the future.