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The federal government has declared elections to be part of the country's critical infrastructure. That has election officials, who are very protective of how they do things now, extremely nervous.

The state of Oklahoma plans to release hundreds of prisoners Monday after their sentences were reduced by the state's Pardon and Parole Board.

Listeners and readers question how NPR has described the killing of an Iranian general.

Research suggests the most effective way to help poor people can be to give them no strings attached cash. A new study finds even neighbors who don't get the aid benefit from a big ripple effect.

NPR's David Greene talks to Mark Trahant, editor of the news site Indian Country Today, about why Democratic presidential candidates are paying so much attention to Native American voters this year.

The Humane Rescue Alliance in Washington, D.C., captured more than 140 goldfish from a backyard pond, named each one and put them all up for adoption.

Fake news is rampant, and seniors are especially vulnerable.

As states issue stay-at-home orders to combat the coronavirus, people are struggling with anxiety, stress and depression. NPR's Life Kit explains how to start or continue mental health care from home.

Covered faces means people who are deaf or hard-of hearing can't lip-read or follow facial expressions. And hospitals' tightened visitor restrictions may bar interpreters from medical appointments.

Health inspectors are to be "hyperfocused on infection control right now," officials say, as they suss out what allowed COVID-19 to spread in a Kirkland, Wash., nursing home.