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After the attacks, barriers and thigh-high cement bollards sprouted up seemingly overnight in Washington, D.C. But new threats show the need for adaptability.

Judge orders the company to provide new details of how it handled a problem with a power line that's under investigation as the possible source of a blaze that's now consumed nearly 1,000 square miles of northern Sierra forest.

The CDC is officially recommending a third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for people with weakened immune systems. It follows the FDA authorization a day earlier.

Craig has been a terrific James Bond, maybe even the best. But there's something a little too strained about the tragic emotional arc his character has carried with over the past several movies.

In a wide-ranging interview with NPR's Michel Martin, Rep. Adam Schiff discusses his regrets from President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial and his relationship with his GOP colleagues.

A new coronavirus variant — known as delta plus — has cropped up in the U.K. There's concern it could be more dangerous than the highly contagious delta variant. What does the science actually show?

By a 6-to-3 vote the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld an Oregon law that allows doctors to prescribe lethal doses of narcotics to terminally ill patients who want to end their lives. The physician-assisted suicide law is the only one in the country.

NPR has learned that Pfizer and BioNtech have gathered additional data that the companies say strengthen their case for authorizing the COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than age five.

The Fed is likely to raise interest rates by a half-percentage point Wednesday, in an effort to crack down on inflation. It's the first rate hike of that size in more than two decades.

The Valencia Branch Laboratory struggled with “significant deficiencies” since opening in late 2020.