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VA officials acknowledge the need for privacy for telehealth therapy

The VA looks like it is changing course on a plan that would have threatened the privacy of veterans receiving mental health care via telehealth, according to documents obtained by NPR.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, Republican from New York, testifies on Jan. 21 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on her nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations.

Trump's pick for U.N. ambassador is Elise Stefanik. Here's what to know

Elise Stefanik was a key defender of then-President Donald Trump during his impeachment proceedings and she later grilled university presidents over what she described as antisemitism.

Can't-miss interviews: Gavin Newsom, Dave Portnoy and Jason Reynolds

A lot happened this week, and NPR has you covered. Catch up on the big news and culture moments you might have missed.

A pedestrian crosses First Avenue as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West, plunging temperatures into the single digits and bringing along a light snow in its wake Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Denver.

Millions across the U.S. brace for plummeting temperatures and winter storms

Residents along the East Coast, from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine, are bracing for several inches of snow on Sunday followed by dangerously cold temperatures.

Radio Free Europe CEO expects 'pretty drastic actions' following federal budget slash

Stephen Capus, who leads Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, discusses why his organization is filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration.

Prosecutors Jessica Rock, right, and K.C. Pagnotta pose with Baby Shark — who was rescued from the alleged dogfighting operation as a puppy in 2022 — at the sentencing last week.

A man was sentenced to 475 years for dogfighting. The sport is surprisingly prevalent

A man who was arrested with over 100 dogs and equipment at his Georgia home got the maximum sentence last week. Prosecutors hope it sheds light on the prevalence of dogfighting, a felony in the U.S.

Gladys Morrow, an organizer with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, leads a chant in Balboa Park on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

UC San Diego Health workers strike on International Workers’ Day

Unions representing UC San Diego Health workers called a one-day strike amid ongoing contract negotiations with the university.

Press group sues L.A., alleging police abuse of reporters at ICE rallies

The Los Angeles Press Club says police officers repeatedly used "less-lethal" bullets and violated the constitutional rights of reporters covering anti-ICE protests.

Jewelry found in the ruins of a house in Pompeii are displayed, backdropped by the casts of two adults and two children who died together, are seen housed at the British Museum in London in 2013.

New DNA evidence upends what we thought we knew about Pompeii victims

The findings, which used DNA from the plaster casts of people who died in the Mt. Vesuvius eruption two millennia ago, challenge the traditional gender and familial assumptions about the Pompeiians.

Ron Reciado, a Navy electrical technician and member of the old graffiti crew JVC, stands for a portrait in front of his new mural on Division Street in the Paradise Hills neighborhood of San Diego, California on December 18, 2024.

In Paradise Hills, a legendary art wall lives again

In the '90s, the wall was a canvas for graffiti artists in Southeast San Diego. Last year, three childhood friends reunited to bring it back to life.

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