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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with three nurses from around the country about how the omicron variant has affected their work and what their year has been like on the front lines of the pandemic.

Chad has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality. A group of midwives helped but now their jobs are on the line — one of many cases where countries must try to keep such programs alive.

After a firehose of a first six weeks back in the White House, President Trump delivered a boastful and partisan address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night. Here are six takeaways from the speech.

It's Black Friday — one of the biggest days for retail spending, when companies slash prices to get us to buy more stuff. If you're tired of this annual exercise in consumption, meet Buy Nothin Day.

President Biden says Brazil's leader has his full support after rioters ransacked government offices. The rampage by supporters of former President Bolsonaro exposed political and social fault lines.

With a faltering economy, expectations for the revenue generated from this year's Super Bowl have been lower than usual. But maybe all the assumptions about how much the Super Bowl generates for its host city need to be questioned.

A new forecast from the Alaska Department of Revenue projects a $200 million deficit for the current fiscal year. That’s on top of a $1.6 billion deficit for next fiscal year under Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget.

People gathered in Chesapeake, Va., for a candlelight vigil Monday to honor the victims of the Walmart mass shooting. The shooter, a supervisor at Walmart, turned the gun on himself.

David Ledbetter headed to Popeyes on Sunday, and gave voter registration forms to people waiting in line. At 17, David's too young to vote but he told CNN that he's preregistered for next year.

The new album by the L.A. punk band-turned-mariachi ensemble is lively and surprisingly kitsch-free.