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NPR's Juana Summers talks with writer Camonghne Felix about how Simone Biles won her eighth U.S. Championship Sunday night — a record — 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport.

Say you got kicked off Facebook and need to get back on — to talk to friends or run your small business. A Google search for "Facebook customer service" can lead to a surprise. A bad one.

The UN's top humanitarian and emergency relief official has told NPR that the lack of attention from world leaders to the war in Sudan is the "billion dollar question".

Every year, some 2.6 million birds are shot or die after being trapped in illegal nets in Lebanon. "This country is a black hole in terms of protection," says a conservationist.

The groundwork for the attack on the U.S. Capitol had been laid for weeks, say experts on extremism and social media — but it was a surprise when this time, the rhetoric turned into real violence.

The Wisconsin governor loves Kohl's, and he loves low tax rates, so he's mixing the two together into a new concept: the Kohl's curve. But what does it really mean?

Our appetite for the Pacific bluefin — prized for its tender, flavorful flesh — has reduced stocks to just 2.6 percent of original levels. The incentive to save bluefin is ecological — and financial.

Many shoppers blame stores and manufacturers for supermarket inflation. But what do the companies' finances tell us?

- The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to consider if a ban on non-unanimous jury verdicts would apply retroactively under the state constitution. Their decision could affect more than 1,500 Louisiana inmates. - Texans have until Friday to apply to vote by mail ahead of the March 1st primary election. Thousands of voters have had their mail-in ballot applications flagged for rejection due to regulations under the state's new voting law. - Much of the Four States region is under the increased threat of wildfires this week. - Arkansas' majority-Republican Senate has rejected efforts to enact an abortion ban modeled after neighboring Texas' restrictive law.

— Union Parish District Attorney John Belton says he intends to pursue his own case against the Louisiana troopers involved in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene.— Legislation to keep transgender athletes in Louisiana from competing on college and K-12 women's and girls' sports teams has been unanimously approved by a state Senate committee.— The Department of Texas Health and Human Services says an omicron sub-variant of the coronavirus has become the dominant strain in the Lone Star State.