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Although spiders are sometimes thought of as being creepy crawly animals, new evidence suggests some get scared and assess danger in almost the same way as humans.

Brazil's Senate accused President Jair Bolsonaro of crimes against humanity for his handling of the pandemic. It has asked state prosecutors to indict him, though that is unlikely to happen.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with economist Austan Goolsbee about what it will take for the U.S. to recover from the unique economic challenges posed by the pandemic.

Beatles fans are going wild over a band called 1964: The Tribute. Devotees say it's the closest thing to a live performance by the Fab Four. NPR's Jerome Vaughn reports.

Authorization of COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5-11 has many kids, parents and teachers eagerly anticipating shots and perhaps slightly more normal lives.

Marvin Weeks memorialized Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was killed in Georgia last year, in a mural. Weeks' latest work delves into the history of race relations in Brunswick, Ga.

The head of the U.S. Department of Education's federal student lending office, Richard Cordray, testified before a House panel Wednesday, about changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Rick Anderson, chief medical officer at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, said he’s concerned vaccine hesitancy will be even greater when it comes to getting younger children vaccinated.

Commentator Frank Deford thinks we might be going a bit overboard with sports these days. He says it's possible to obtain up-to-the-minute coverage of everything form basketball to cricket. Deford recalls the time when the winter spotlight rested on just one sport: baseball.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports about a lawsuit filed today by several civil rights groups, led by the NAACP, against the state of Florida. The suit charged violations of voting rights acts by the state during the last election, in which thousands of African-American voters were allegedly disenfranchised.