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Written by Bobby Troup and performed by Nat King Cole, the song immortalized Route 66.

Rice farming is rare in the Northeast U.S. But one Gambian-born farmer is trying to make a go of it in New York's Hudson Valley.

Poland is sending more troops to its border with Belarus. Thousands of migrants are trying to cross the frontier there, apparently at the instigation of the Belarusian regime.

An NPR/Marist poll shows that most Democrat voters are skeptical about the party's plans and few feel they were deeply helped by policies that already exist.

Hopes of a post-pandemic Christmas are vanishing. The rise of the coronavirus omicron variant has pastors scrambling at the last minute to decide whether to hold Christmas Eve services.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Deqa Dhalac, who recently became the first Somali-American mayor in the United States.

A small box was found in the pedestal that used to hold a statue of the Confederate general in Richmond, Va. It took hours for experts to open the box and find several water-damaged items inside.

President Obama met with tech leaders Tuesday at the White House. The subject was the troubled Affordable Care Act website and the challenges of federal procurement. The president also tapped one of their own to take over the overhaul of HealthCare.gov: Kurt DelBene, a former Microsoft executive and husband of Rep. Suzan DelBene.

Sudan's civilian prime minister has been reinstated after having been removed from power by the country's military a month ago. But protesters aren't satisfied with the deal that was made.

Reverend Irvin Doyle Turner, "Netamishkang," died from COVID although he was fully vaccinated. His sons Doyle and Stephen Turner share what their father meant to the people of the White Earth Nation.

In small studies in South Africa and in Germany, the results indicate a marked decrease in the ability of vaccines to neutralize this variant. But there are other findings that are encouraging.

The Food and Drug Administration has reviewed its rules for the abortion pill mifepristone. Patients will now permanently be able to get the drug through the mail.

The Cleveland Browns are the latest pro sports team to have a number of its fully-vaccinated players catch COVID. The virus has hobbled the NBA and NHL and is causing concern across the sports world.

Meet Mr. Sidney, who's always sharply dressed. Belle, who catches butterflies in jar. And the Hat Lady, Ms. Sarah. They're just some of the residents of Dream Street, the best street in the world.

The Biden administration will take another try at reviving the Iran nuclear deal in talks that start in Vienna. Time has passed and much has changed since the Trump White House abandoned the deal.

Many car companies are racing to be the next Tesla. Right now, two startups are leading the pack. Rivian and Lucid are each worth more than Ford, though they've only made a few hundred vehicles.

A former inmate started Down North Pizza to employ formerly incarcerated people. Philadelphia has had one of the highest incarceration rates in the nation.

The market in July is a wondrous place: juicy tomatoes, jewel-toned eggplants, sweet yellow corn. But greens that look like weeds may be more intimidating. Here's how to tame them.

Caravan Palace formed when the band was recruited to compose the soundtrack for a silent porn movie. But last year the group sold over 150,000 copies of its first CD and reached No. 11 on the French album chart. At the heart of the band's popularity is a confluence of gypsy jazz, American swing from the 1930s and a high-energy electronic beat.

With the oil and gas sectors booming, the need for truckers is growing. But the ranks of well-trained drivers are shrinking, especially as baby boomers hit retirement age. And competition for drivers has become fierce, with the annual turnover rate nearing 100 percent.