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White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds a press briefing at the White House on Monday. Reporters asked about the administration's next steps on voting rights.

White House Says Democrats Might Revisit Filibuster Rules If Voting Rights Bill Fails

The controversial practice to stop a Senate proposal from being brought to a vote has caused some infighting among Democrats.

Adil Dghoughi, 31, was parked in a car in a rural neighborhood late at night. According to local reports, Dghoughi was shot through the window of the car and died on the scene.

A Moroccan man was shot to death in Texas while sitting in a car

The Council on American Islamic Relations is calling for a complete and independent investigation of the killing in Caldwell County, about 40 miles from Austin.

Smoke spreads over Parnitha mountain during a wildfire in Ippokratios Politia village, about 21 miles north of Athens, Greece on Friday. Thousands of people fled wildfires burning out of control in Greece and Turkey on Friday, including a major blaze just north of the Greek capital of Athens.

Thousands Are Evacuated As Fires Rampage Through Forests In Greece

Thousands of residents and vacationers have fled by land and by sea as firefighters and volunteers battled through the night. It comes during the country's worst heat wave in three decades.

Patrons sit in a restaurant without power caused by cold weather blackouts on Tuesday in Richardson, Texas.

Texas Rolling Blackouts Are Anything But, Mayor Says

"When you've not had power for 3 1/2 days ... you begin to question whether [blackouts] are rolling at all," says Mansfield Mayor Michael Evans.

Artist Jonas Never (@never1959) applies finishing touches to his mural of Sen. Bernie Sanders in Culver City, Calif., on Jan. 24. Standing out in a crowd of glamorously dressed guests, Sanders showed up for the presidential inauguration in a heavy winter jacket and patterned mittens — with an AFP photo of the veteran leftist spawning the first viral meme of the Biden era.

Memes about COVID-19 helped us cope with life in a pandemic, a new study finds

Memes could be a valuable way to help people deal with stressful situations.

Tired of forever wars, the U.S. weighs options if Russia invades Ukraine

NPR's Asma Khalid speaks with retired U.S. Navy Admiral James Stavridis about how to address a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine.

People march during the Every Child Matters walk in honor of children who lost their lives in Canada's Residential School system, in Toronto, Canada, on July 1.

This New Canadian Holiday Reflects On The Legacy Of Indigenous Residential Schools

The holiday commemorates the roughly 150,000 Indigenous children who were taken from their families and forced to attend boarding schools in an effort to assimilate them into Canadian society.

Above: locals in Liuzhou feast on their regional specialty of snail noodles. The novelty of the dish has made it a viral sensation in China during the pandemic.

Snail noodles go viral in China during the pandemic. But the dish is a bit ... funky

The southern specialty — snail broth, pickled bamboo, slippery rice noodles — has taken off. "A lot of people were looking for crazy, ridiculous things to eat," says food blogger Mei Shanshan.

People wait in line for help with unemployment benefits at the One-Stop Career Center in Las Vegas.

Poll: Half Of Americans Financially Affected By Coronavirus

In an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, 50% say they or someone in their household has lost hours or a job due to the pandemic. They also say their governor is doing a better job than the president is.

Poll workers at the Ottawa County Clerk building in West Olive, Michigan get training in assembling a machine that helps people vote.

The election system shuddered in 2020. Now, there are fears of an attack within

The election system shuddered in 2020 as Donald Trump sought to overturn the result. Now, election deniers and defenders have eyes on the nuts and bolts of the process itself.

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