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In this false-color image, the blue and purple show the hole in Earth's protective ozone layer over Antarctica on Oct. 5. Earth's ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing.

The ozone layer is on track to recover in the coming decades, the United Nations says

The ozone layer is a thin shield in the stratosphere that protects humans and the environment from harmful levels of the sun's ultraviolet radiation.

Bouquets of flowers are left near Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. At least five people were killed and 18 wounded in a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in the US city of Colorado Springs, police said on November 20, 2022.

Opinion: Our tragic new normal

NPR's Scott Simon notes how common mass shootings have become in the U.S., and asks how this violence affects how we think about our everyday lives.

Kaitlyn and Landon Joshua were worried for Kaitlyn's health when she started to bleed heavily and had labor-like pains early in her pregnancy. But two different emergency rooms she went to wouldn't confirm she was miscarrying or explain her treatment options.

Bleeding and in pain, she couldn't get 2 Louisiana ERs to answer: Is it a miscarriage?

When she was pregnant, Kaitlyn Joshua struggled to get medical care — and answers — in post-Roe Louisiana, where abortion is banned.

Niki de Saint Phalle during a shooting session ("tirs séance") at Impasse Ronsin, Paris in 1962

Artist Niki de Saint Phalle's radical decade

"Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s" opens April 9 at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla.

Milagros Pineda and Víctor Villegas outside their temporary housing in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

The U.S. creates a legal pathway for Venezuelan migrants, but many won't qualify

The Biden administration has announced a new legal pathway to discourage Venezuelan migrants from crossing the border illegally. But many may not qualify because they lack financial sponsors.

Kim Kardashian, who is charged with violating federal securities laws, has agreed to pay a $1 million fine to the S.E.C.

SEC charges Kim Kardashian for unlawfully touting crypto on her Instagram account

The reality TV star hawked a crypto token on her Instagram account without telling her hundreds of millions of followers she'd been paid to do so.

James McNeill Whistler's Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl, 1861–1863

Whistler's Mother, meet Whistler's very, very close friend at the National Gallery

A dreamy woman in white painted by James McNeill Whistler is the center of a new show at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Election signs in Cary, N.C., a suburb of Raleigh that is part of a new congressional district in the state — an open seat that's a competitive race.

This North Carolina congressional district has a rare competitive midterm race

A Trump-endorsed Republican and a Democratic state senator are facing off in a congressional race that could help decide control of the House of Representatives.

Amber Mark's <em>Three Dimensions Deep </em>is one of NPR Music's top 20 R&B albums of 2022.

The 20 Best R&B Albums of 2022

In 2022, R&B rediscovered its place in the club, pushed into the outer reaches of space, found and lost love (as always) and relished the beauty of the Black experience.

She's been here before: Beyoncé performs at the Grammy Awards in 2017, when she was nominated in record, album and song of the year but lost all three awards to Adele.

2023 Grammy Awards: The Beyoncé paradox

At this year's awards on Sunday night, Beyoncé could become the artist with the most Grammys ever. She could also go down in history as the most snubbed.

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