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Bend’s new police chief started the job last week amid a global pandemic, a societal reckoning about police killings of Black people, and a local community blockade of Immigration and Customs Enforcement buses. Mike Krantz was an assistant chief for the Portland Police Bureau before taking the job in Bend.

They're destroying wilderness prized by biologists to construct as many miles of border wall as possible — even though the incoming Biden administration is expected to cancel the barrier.

NPR is pulling together some of its favorite stories from 2022 that may have been easy to miss among the year's major news but hard to forget. Thursday, NPR shares its favorite musical moments.

It may not be a household name, but Palantir is now one of the world's most valuable companies. Its "spy tech" is set to gain more government and military work in the Trump administration.

Over the past five years, as California wildfires increased in both intensity and scope, Bay Area skies have intermittently filled with smoke, causing residents to routinely check the air quality index. Here's a guide to understanding what the index means.

It was a busy week in the Russia investigation. Special counsel Robert Mueller secured one high-profile cooperation agreement. Another, however, fell apart.

A key question for Democrats as their party convention opens is how strongly they'll unite behind their presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton. Her former rival Bernie Sanders speaks Monday night.

The city of Orlando released hundreds of pages from police and fire communications the day of the nightclub shootings that killed 49 people and injured more than 50 others.

Some of them have never heard of her. But most of them want her to know: Make sure more Liberian girls can stay in school!

Russia's found a great way to tamper with the U.S. election, says James Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He tells NPR's Rachel Martin he expects more embarrassing hacks.