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Dr. Robert Califf testifies before a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension hearing on the nomination to be commissioner of Food and Drug Administration on Dec. 14, 2021.

FDA chief has been confirmed despite concerns over his pharmaceutical industry ties

The Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Dr. Robert Califf to head the agency on a 50-46 vote. The agency has been without a permanent leader for the last 13 months.

Phil Mickelson plays a shot on the fifth hole during the first round of The Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course on January 26, 2022 in La Jolla, California.

Why Phil Mickelson is missing the Masters for the 1st time in nearly 3 decades

"I would like to say, we did not disinvite Phil," Augusta National Golf Club Chairman Fred Ridley said. In February, the golfer apologized for comments about the PGA and Saudi Arabia.

Female spongy moths laying eggs on a tree in Vermont, 2021. The eggs overwinter on the tree and hatch the following spring.

New name, same destructive habits: Meet the Spongy Moth

No more "G-word:" the critter eating east coast trees is now known as Spongy Moth.

Michelle Yeoh plays a Chinese American immigrant who explores the paths not taken in <em>Everything Everywhere All at Once.</em>

Actor Michelle Yeoh wants to change the way we think of superheroes

When Yeoh first read the script for Everything Everywhere All at Once, she gave a big sigh of relief: Finally, here was a film that put a middle-aged mother in the role of action hero.

Staci Cowan has been a certified recovery mentor at Bridges to Change for the past three years, most recently working at its drop-in center called Club Hope.

Oregon has funding for addiction recovery programs, but not enough employees

The state of Oregon is channeling millions of dollars into addiction recovery programs due to a law that passed in 2020. But the state is having trouble finding the workforce to fill these jobs.

Are you worried about inflation or a falling stock market shrinking your savings?

NPR wants to know how you're being affected by falling stock values or the rising price of gas, food and utilities.

Women chant slogans protesting violence against women and demanding the release of all detainees before the U.N. rights office in Khartoum, Sudan, Feb. 2, 2022.

Sudan's military rulers step up crackdown and arrests of activists

Hundreds of activists and protest leaders have been targeted since a military coup last October removed a transitional government from power. The detentions have intensified in recent weeks.

Jussie Smollett talks to the media in 2019 before leaving the court in Cook County, Ill. The actor will face sentencing on Thursday.

Jussie Smollett will serve 150 days in jail for lying about an attack on him

The former Empire actor was convicted on five felony counts of lying to police, but he has maintained that he did not stage the 2019 attack in which he claimed to be the victim.

Soprano Anna Netrebko, performing in Vienna, Austria in 2019.

Anna Netrebko, a Russian star tied to Putin, is out at the Metropolitan Opera

The famed New York opera house said Thursday that the soprano will not appear there this season or next, after she declined to distance herself from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Emergency crews work to clear rubble. More than 200 people have been reported missing, officials said. Most are presumed dead.

Ukrainians return to Borodyanka after Russian withdrawal and find their town in ruins

Residents who'd fled have begun returning in recent days to this town outside Kyiv, where officials say Russian forces deliberately struck and bombed civilian targets. Hundreds of people are missing.

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