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The first of more than 20 volunteers who helped migrants in Greece are going on trial, in what rights groups say is a politically motivated attempt to criminalize humanitarian work.

U.S. Catholic Bishops voted on a document discussing issues including whether Catholic politicians who support abortion rights should take communion.

Despite its pledges to combat the worsening climate crisis, the Biden administration is opening tens of millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas leasing.

Republican Rep. Trent Franks is the third member of Congress to announce his resignation in a week. Also, we have the latest on fires in California and the situation in Jerusalem.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Carmen Solana, a volcanologist at the University of Portsmouth, about the impact of the ongoing volcano eruption at La Palma, in the Canary Islands.

A 1949 self-portrait by Frida Kahlo broke records when it sold for $34.9 million this week. It's now the highest price paid for Latin American artwork. It was sold in just under two minutes.

For the first time more than 100,000 people have died from a drug overdose in a 12-month period. Experts say the rise is driven by the pandemic and by fentanyl and methamphetamines brought to the U.S.

Deep in the heart of Texas, the Kronos Quartet reflects on race relations and social unrest with At War with Ourselves – 400 Years of You, by composer Michael Abels and poet Nikky Finney.

The FDA plans to authorize Pfizer's COVID vaccine boosters for all adults 18 and older. The announcement could happen Thursday. What is the evidence for boosting younger healthier people?

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Kenya, the first stop on a three-nation Africa tour. He joined Kenya's foreign minister in calling for a ceasefire in Ethiopia.