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A new study shows an increase in suicidality among children as young as five and investigates the shared characteristics among kids who die by suicide. Researchers hope to improve prevention efforts.

Public health officials are sounding the alarm in Alabama, the state with the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rate in the country. New infections are spiking, yet fewer people are seeking shots.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with sociologist Harry Edwards about the pressure Black Olympians face and how it intersects with white supremacy that has been historically perpetuated in the games.

Recycled blue jeans, solar panels and smart phones all helped make homes more energy efficient in this year's Solar Decathlon. Twenty teams are in the nation's capital, vying for the top prize in architecture, engineering and other fields. Winners will be announced later this week.

President Obama and the first family will travel to Martha's Vineyard for a weeklong vacation. With "Barack-o-Tacos," "Ale to the Chief" brew and Obama-themed resort wear, business owners on the island are primed and ready — and hoping for a boost in sales.

Kathy Frederick has admired -- and blogged about -- Windy, a plastic bag caught in a tree outside her window, for more than two years now.

When Saad Mohseni returned to Afghanistan from exile, he bought radio and television networks. His programs attract millions. New Yorker columnist Ken Auletta tells Renee Montagne that in Afghanistan, the old media are still new.

Hamidi moved to Afghanistan seven years ago. Since then, she has seen the Kandahar change dramatically.

"One thing poetry teaches us," Clifton once said, "is that everything is connected. There is so much history that we have not validated." Clifton, an African-American poet who tackled the difficult subjects of injustice, racism, and sexism in her work, died Feb. 13 at the age of 73.

Mark Davis says the industry has been important since before the first offshore oil rig was drilled, in 1947.