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The government of Ethiopia is launching a new offensive to retake the Tigray region from separatist forces. The United Nations says the relief aid crisis is worsening there.

For the first time outside of his home country, the Japanese filmmaker's work is being featured in a major retrospective at the brand-new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Marvia Jones of the Kansas City, Mo., Health Department about why she thinks there was a rise in homicides in 2020 and what can be done about it.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo about her poetic memoir.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with David Milliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, about the latest on attempts to resettle Afghan refugees.

America's hospitals are already strained from the delta surge. Now they fear they'll be further overwhelmed by pent-up demand for services and a potentially bad flu season.

Most Iraqis don't expect Sunday's parliamentary elections will bring much change to a leaderships blamed for corruption and mismanagement, but some voters still thought it was important to be counted.

President Biden made it official, proclaiming Indigenous Peoples' Day a federal holiday, shared with Columbus Day. For Dr. Susan Faircloth, it is much more than the Monday of a three-day weekend.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Texas business owner Tiffany Williams, she's a co-owner of the Luggage Shop of Lubbock, about the impact of the Biden administration's trade strategy with China.

A severe drought in California has meant lost crops for many wine country grape growers. But some are finding ways to adapt to the hot, dry conditions.