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The Bering Sea may be ice-free in 50 years. If that happens, what happens to its walrus population? Alaska Public Radio's Annie Feidt reports that U.S. and Russian scientists are gathering data to help protect the marine mammals.

Over a year ago, former President Donald Trump got booted from social media sites owned by Meta and Twitter. He vowed to create his own, and Truth Social launched on Monday.

A poll finds that nearly 90% of Americans are concerned about the mental health of youth. Another report ranks states by the how they are fairing in terms of access to school based mental health care.

For the second consecutive year, NPR teams up with globalFEST for a thrilling online music festival we call Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST.

President Obama and the Democrats scored another major legislative victory Thursday. The Senate passed a broad bill to overhaul financial regulations. The measure rewrites the rules for Wall Street to try to avoid crises like the 2008 economic meltdown. This time the Democrats got a little help from Republicans.

British authorities detained the partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald's for nearly nine hours at Heathrow Airport on Monday. Greenwald, who works for The Guardian, published many of Edward Snowden's revelations about the National Security Agency's large-scale monitoring of telephone and email traffic. Key members of parliament and human rights activists are demanding to know why Greenwald's partner, David Miranda, was held.

Biden will nominate Antony Blinken, a source familiar with the transition discussions tells NPR. The source added that Jake Sullivan is a strong lead for the position of national security adviser.

The former secretary of state under Republican George W. Bush used a personal computer connected to a private phone line to get around State Department servers.

President Trump says he'll visit the island next week, planning a Tuesday trip to survey the damage in an area he says was "literally destroyed."

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times about his column describing a section near the end of the Financial Choice Act — Dodd-Frank Act replacement — that would protect payday and car title lenders from federal oversight. The House may vote on the legislation within the next two weeks.