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A little known 1998 state law is the next flash point for those debating vaccine mandates with some school districts beginning to use the Health Care Right of Conscience Act to fight Gov. JB Pritzker's executive order requiring teachers and health care workers to take regular COVID tests if they don't get the vaccine.

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.

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

The City of Bloomington is about to open the spigot on a $544,000 grant program that can help people with flood damages. Starting Tuesday, Oct. 12, residents can apply for money to fix flood and sewage damage, through the Illinois Housing Development Authority Single Family Rehabilitation Program.

Experts believe that it's the only authentic signed photo of Jackson in existence.

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.

Two activist friends talk about their efforts to protest for reform in Iraq — despite intimidation and attacks from powerful parties that will likely come out on top in Sunday's elections.

Wild boars are increasingly becoming a danger and nuisance in European cities. Journalist Bernhard Warner tells NPR's Michel Martin why that is, and what cities are doing to control them.

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. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) about the debate over how to better regulate social media companies.