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Newly released revisions to a well-respected COVID-19 model translates into good news for the United States. The number of Americans expected to die from the coronavirus has been lowered.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken about talks in Beijing meant to ease tensions between China and the U.S.

Public health and law enforcement agencies around the U.S. are scrambling to blunt the impact of xylazine, a deadly new threat to Americans who use street drugs.

Climate change is causing ice caps and glaciers to disappear. One animal that the ice melt is affecting is the North Atlantic right whale.

More than 750 current and former HHS employees signed a letter to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. insisting he stop spreading inaccurate information and guarantee the safety of the workforce.

Ilia Malinin of the U.S. was heavily favored for men's figure skating gold, but a series of falls and downgraded jumps landed him in eighth place.

Poitier was the first Black actor to win a Best Actor Oscar, for 1963's Lilies of the Field. His good looks and smooth, commanding presence made him an icon to generations of moviegoers.

Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement Thursday. President Biden says he hasn't decided who will fill the vacancy, but says he will keep his promise to name a Black woman to the bench.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Isabelle Leighton of the Donors of Color Network, which has secured $100 million in pledges to fund environmental justice initiatives centered on communities color.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Douglas Ollivant, former director for Iraq at the National Security Council, about the regional security implications of Trump withdrawing U.S. troops from northern Syria.