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The CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service was on the chopping block last year by the Trump administration. Scientists had a study assessing COVID vaccine effectiveness suppressed by its leadership.

This summer, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved a plan to kill thousands of invasive barred owls in the Pacific Northwest. A lawsuit may hold up broader implementation.

As the cost of living continues to rise, service workers of popular coastal areas like the Florida Keys are getting priced out of housing and having trouble making ends meet.

Military justice is undergoing its biggest overhaul in a generation, as the services grapple with sexual assault. Victims say they have a long way to go.

NPR'S Leila Fadel speaks with Fenway Summer managing partner Raj Date about the impact on consumers of the proposed merger between Capital One and Discover Financial Services.

A U.S. Forest Service burn boss was due in court on charges stemming from a controlled burn that spread onto private land in 2022. His attorneys are trying to move the case to federal court.

Verizon customers across the U.S. were affected by a widespread outage Wednesday. NPR's A Martinez asks Lee McKnight of Syracuse University about vulnerabilities in the nation's wireless grid.

An NPR investigation has found an explosion in the use of fees charged to criminal defendants across the country, which has created a system of justice that targets the poor.

As the year draws to a close, critic John Powers singles out seven revelatory people or things that made 2021 a little brighter. At the top of his list? Basketball star Steph Curry.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Nicholas Quah of Vulture about the evolution of celebrity publicity as the "new media circuit" commands more attention.