Search results for

The Moderna vaccine's ability to shield against infection drops sharply when tested on the omicron variant. But getting a booster pumps the protection back up again, new research suggests.

Joshua Ferris is best known for his book Then We Came To An End, a satirical depiction of office life. In The Dinner Party, he turns to short stories that take aim at the inner lives of clueless guys.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Gram Slattery, Brazil correspondent for Reuters, about the deadly flooding currently happening in the northeastern state of Bahia, Brazil.

Wildfires this week burned hundreds of homes in Colorado. Affected communities are taking stock of their losses and trying to make sense of a disaster that no one expected would occur in winter.

The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing abortion providers to challenge the restrictive Texas abortion law and dismisses a Justice Department case against the law. Here are excerpts from Friday's opinion.

The devastating typhoon that ripped through the Philippines before Christmas left a path of destruction. One month on, conditions on a fabled tourist destination are bleak.

Did President Joe Biden promise too much when he began his term a year ago? And what role did fellow Democrats, and the media, play in the current sense of disappointment?

Sheryl Sandberg's departure from Facebook is the end of an era for one of the tech world's most prominent women — and for the company, which is attempting a transformation to the so-called metaverse.

NPR speaks with Ian Bremmer, founder of Eurasia Group, about another round of sanctions on Russia.

The Normal Town Council voted Tuesday night to authorize a contract for a new climbing structure for the Children’s Discovery Museum.