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North Carolina legislators won’t take up any business during a scheduled three-day reconvened session this week.

Alsop talks about the rejection she faced on the way to becoming the first woman to lead a major American orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony. She's now the subject of a new documentary, The Conductor.

The story of Chris Smalls is one of the biggest underdog victories in modern corporate history. Fired two years ago, he has now organized Amazon's very first unionized warehouse in America.

More than four years after Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people at a Florida high school, the sentencing phase of his trial began Monday. He's pleaded guilty. A jury will decide if he gets the death penalty.

Federal health officials are convening with outside advisers April 6 to talk about a vaccine plan, whether that's another booster in the fall, an omicron shot or one that targets more than one strain.

Patients with chronic pain and doctors have long raised concerns about the CDC's opioid prescribing guidelines. The agency has drafted a new version, but some worry it doesn't protect patients enough.

Once war began in Ukraine, COVID ceased being the top-level medical concern. NPR's Scott Detrow spent 24 hours with a doctor doing everything he can to help with a whole new overwhelming crisis.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield told NPR's Michel Martin that Russia should be held to a higher standard as a permanent member of the Security Council, and vowed to hold the country accountable.

Officials say Kyiv is liberated after Ukrainian forces staved off Russian attacks. Here's a look at what kind of outside help they got and the strategies they deployed.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Grammy winners Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear of the group Barlow and Bear about breaking into musical theater via TikTok and their 'Bridgerton' musical.