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Protesters with trucks and other vehicles adorned in signs and Canadian flags gather near Ambassador Bridge on February 9 in Windsor, Canada. The bridge is the busiest land border crossing in North America in terms of trade volume.

Automakers face even more supply chain pain as Canadian protesters block a key bridge

Car makers are canceling some production shifts as protests over public health measures in Canada shut a key bridge that connects Detroit to Ontario.

Gary Chambers Jr., pictured in January 2021, is running for one of Louisiana's seats in the U.S. Senate. He's made headlines with his first two campaign ads.

La. Senate candidate Gary Chambers burns a Confederate flag in his new campaign ad

The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate from Louisiana made headlines last month by smoking marijuana in a campaign ad. Now he's back with another lighter and a message about gerrymandering.

Harry T. Moore and his wife, Harriette Moore, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in the late 1940s.

Remembering the man who 'laid the groundwork for the modern civil rights movement'

Seventy years ago, Florida civil rights pioneer Harry T. Moore and his wife, Harriette, were killed in a bombing at their home on Christmas Day. No one was charged with their murders.

Adan Hernandez, a fruit vendor inside the Grand Central Market in Los Angeles, completes a transaction on Jan. 19, 2022. According to Hernandez, he has worked here since 1983. "Throughout all of my years here, I have not seen anything like this," Hernandez said.

Omicron slammed California’s workforce. Was there another way?

Tighter mask rules and increased vaccination rates could have made a difference, but omicron was going to be a problem no matter what. In response to worker shortages, the Newsom administration has made it easier for schools to hire subs, requested $8 million to address health care staffing issues and more.

Veteran Chinese diplomat Qin Gang, China's ambassador to the U.S., speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep at Qin's official residence in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.

China's ambassador to the U.S. warns of 'military conflict' over Taiwan

In his first one-on-one interview since assuming his post in Washington, D.C., last July, Ambassador Qin Gang has an unusually blunt message for the U.S.

Hundreds came out in Tijuana and across Mexico to demand the killings of Mexican journalists be stopped, January 25, 2022.

Despite decades of killings, journalists in Mexico are offered little protection

The two Tijuana journalists murdered this month had sought help from Baja California’s journalist protection program. The help never came.

A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccine clinic bus at the Grand Bazaar of Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022.

Iran is undergoing a mass vaccination campaign as omicron looms

Iran has found a rare, if fleeting, respite from the anxiety and trauma of the pandemic.

Former Ukrainian prime minister discusses the possibility of an attack from Russia

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk about the threat of a Russian invasion.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives back at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022.

U.K.'s Boris Johnson braces for 'partygate' investigation report

Senior civil servant Sue Gray could turn in her report to the government as soon as Wednesday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office promised to publish its findings.

NATO is threatening Russia with sanctions to protect Ukraine, but do sanctions work?

Sanctions that the West has imposed on Russia since 2014 seem to have had only a limited effect. So why does NATO believe it can prevent an invasion of Ukraine by threatening similar actions?

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