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Federal prosecutors charged five foreign agents working for the Iranian government for their roles in a plot to kidnap U.S. citizen and journalist Masih Alinejad.

As the coronavirus evolves, so does guidance to fight it. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jeff Zients, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, about Biden's plan to stop the delta variant.

Here's what we know about the effectiveness of vaccines for variants of concerns, notably the delta variant, first identified in India and now responsible for more than 20% of new U.S. cases.

Five people died in the attack on the Capital Gazette on June 28, 2018. The mass shooting was the deadliest attack on a newsroom in modern U.S. history.

Thailand, Myanmar and Indonesia report record high levels of COVID-19 infections and death as Southeast Asia struggles to contain a third wave of the coronavirus.

If Friday's school shooting in Connecticut follows the pattern set by other mass tragedies, huge numbers of Americans are worrying about the safety of their kids at school. How is our perception of risk is shaped by tragedy, and what happens when our perceptions do not line up with the facts?

While the Turkish government is under fire for not letting more Syrians in, many Turks are bringing aid to refugees. One took to social media to help find others looking to share more than sympathy.

Patients with advanced cancer and heart disease are among those who have had to wait for surgeries and other procedures as critically ill, unvaccinated COVID patients strain the medical system.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Yale professor Alicia Schmidt Camacho and NPR correspondent Franco Ordoñez about Latin American migration into the U.S. and government policies trying to address it.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with American Academy of Pediatrics President Lee Savio Beers about the mounting pressure to consider emergency use authorization of COVID-19 vaccines for children under 12.