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The ease with which the attacker gained such close access to the Library of Congress on Thursday raises new questions about security, just seven months after the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Chile has started vaccinating kids age 6 to 11 against COVID, one of the few nations in the world to immunize kids under 12. A handful of other countries are also giving shots to younger kids.

After the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, Washington sent a team of researchers to interview eyewitnesses. Only one interview was conducted in English. A Russian woman living near the destroyed city tells her tale of seeing people caught by the blast. Hear a part of her story.

A security assessment by retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré commissioned by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls for more officers, mobile fencing and other changes following the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Parts of Antarctica were more than 70 degrees warmer than average, and areas of the Arctic saw temperatures that were more than 50 degrees warmer than average.

The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, says the Senate's immigration overhaul will cost the country more than $6 trillion over 50 years. A similar report six years ago helped sink that attempt at changing immigration. Critics argue that both reports are fundamentally flawed, and fail to account for the economic benefits of restructuring the immigration system.

James Boasberg is the new chief judge at the federal courthouse in Washington D.C., where he's already made important rulings in a federal probe of former President Donald Trump.

Extremism researchers say online rhetoric from the far right has heated up since Trump was indicted. But they're not seeing signs that it will translate to collective violence.

The Kenlake Hot August Blues Festival has been a beloved Midsouth tradition ever since its debut in 1990. Organizer of this year's festival, Lew Jetton,…

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to James Mayger of Bloomberg News about China's economy which shrank 6.8% in the first three months of 2020, compared to a year ago — the biggest drop in nearly 3 decades.