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In 2003, the military surgeon watched in disbelief as Chinese officials downplayed how SARS was spreading — and took the risk of alerting the media to the cover-up. He died this past week at age 91.

Financial markets are on edge over troubles at Credit Suisse. The Biden administration is demanding that TikTok be sold. New CDC data show the maternal mortality rate jumped over 40% in 2021.

Financial markets are on edge over troubles at Credit Suisse. The Biden administration is demanding that TikTok be sold. New CDC data show the maternal mortality rate jumped over 40% in 2021.

India's Hindu nationalists say they've drastically cut crime in Uttar Pradesh, where key elections are underway. Human rights advocates say there's been a spike in police brutality against minorities.

Flu shots keep many people healthy, but can't fight all viral strains. Now scientists may be a step closer to creating a vaccine that fights all strains. Molecular biologist Ian Wilson explains how researchers are trying to trigger the body to fight more kinds of viruses.

From humble beginnings, The Teaches of Peaches has spent 20 years seeping into the mainstream, widening pop's window for abrasive sounds and NSFW sexual expression.

From photography, illustration and video to data visualizations and immersive experiences, visuals are an important part of our storytelling at NPR. Here's a selection of our favorites from 2016.

An oil boom has arrived in the South American nation of Guyana. Is it a contradiction that a country threatened by climate change could get rich selling fossil fuels?

An Israeli radio station is broadcasting messages and songs to hostages in Gaza, and a Palestinian station in the West Bank is broadcasting families' messages to relatives recently jailed in Israel.

If the current conflict between J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar and Drake feels confusing, it's because the artists often hailed as hip-hop's "big three" have never played by the same rules.

For International Day of Happiness, photographers sent us pictures of a Syrian boy who finds joy caring for farm animals, Ukrainian girls on a trampoline, music lovers grooving to the blues and more.

President Biden's news conference monitored for mistakes. After Biden-Trump debate, poll on presidential race is out. Palestinians who fled parts of Gaza City return to find little left of their homes.

Four finalists are vying for the top title. Tuesday's awards ceremony is the culmination of a months-long process and it’s a moment some teachers have been working towards for years.

Israel begins limited ground offensive into Lebanon targeting Hezbollah militants -- airstrikes kill upward of a thousand people. Vice presidential nominees JD Vance and Tim Walz debate this evening.

Philippa Hughes' life spans war, international romance, divorce, an abduction, art and politics. As one of the few liberals in her family, she knows how divisions can break a family and a country.

The new year is shaping up to be a consequential one, from control of power in Washington to the agenda President Trump pursues.

Here’s how Florida lawmakers want to change the state’s environmental laws this year.

GOP presidential contenders met on the debate stage. Donald Trump is expected in Georgia to answer election meddling charges. Head of the Wagner mercenary force is reported dead in a plane crash.

Trump legal woes put GOP candidates in difficult positions. White House taking steps to manage advances of AI. Pentagon files reveal flaws in U.S. claims about Syrian casualties in Baghdadi raid.

The massive spending and heated rhetoric in midterm races reflect the AI industry's political fault lines and competing visions of what the future should look like.