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Widespread testing is key to lifting social distancing and preventing more waves of COVID-19. But how do communities know if they're doing sufficient testing to stay on top of outbreaks?

Hoaxes and misleading posts aimed at depressing turnout have spread on social media. Experts say it outpaces 2016, when Black voters were the top target of Russian-backed disinformation.

Many rural people live too far from a doctor to visit one regularly. In Wyoming, volunteers offer health skills trainings to help patients stay on top of chronic conditions.

Music critic Ken Tucker reviews Fearless the second studio album by country-music singer/songwriter Taylor Swift. It debuted as number one on Billbaord's Top Country Music Albums.

The U.S. ambassador to the European Union said all the top leaders in officialdom were "in the loop" throughout the Ukraine affair, broadening its implications well beyond President Trump.

There are lots of problems in the carbon offset market right now. So if you get an offer to buy an offset, what should you do? NPR asked experts for top things to know.

Lizzo was nominated across five of the night's top categories, including best new artist. Billie Eilish is also up for that coveted prize along with Lil Nas X and Tank & The Bangas.

We asked, you answered: fencing, small science projects and seeing national parks were among the top hobbies that NPR readers and listeners told us they were really into this year.

Under oath in a $1.6 billion defamation case, Murdoch says he wishes Fox News had been "stronger in denouncing" false claims of election fraud. Fox says the lawsuit threatens journalists' free speech.

Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke out recently against his former boss, Donald Trump. The move raises questions about Pence's future in the GOP. His former aides are talking to the Jan. 6 panel.

The largest Carr Fire, which has engulfed more than 100,000 acres and killed 6 people, is now 23 percent contained. Meanwhile, the Ferguson Fire west of Yosemite National Park is 30 percent contained.

Evidence in Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News has cast the network, its stars and its executives in a harsh light. Ex-Fox journalists say they're not surprised.

The Harris campaign says she'd give families $6,000 when they have a new baby, and would restore the pandemic-era child tax credit, too. It's part of an economic plan focused on the cost of living.

A federal grand jury has indicted Peter Navarro on two counts of contempt of Congress. He failed to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee. Two other Trump aides won't face the same charges.

A judge threw out a suit against Fox News by a former Trump supporter who said he got death threats when the network aired false conspiracy theories about his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

But U.S. shoppers spent more prudently in August and retail sales grew a tepid 0.6% from July, after extra federal jobless benefits expired and families faced a confusing back-to-school season.

In his weekly radio address Saturday morning, President Obama said his $3.6 trillion budget proposal reflects the priorities of the voters he met on the campaign trail, but he acknowledged not everyone shares those priorities.

Lauren Grodstein's new novel follows a political consultant who's determined to use what time she has left to share as much as she can with her 6-year-old son, including the identity of his father.

U.S. employers added 311,000 jobs in February, only a modest slowdown from the previous month, indicating the labor market remains hot. The unemployment rate rose to 3.6% from 3.4% in January.

Dana Bowerman is one of about 6,100 prisoners just released as part of a change in the way the U.S. punishes people convicted of federal drug crimes. "It still feels weird, different," she told NPR.