Former DOJ official discusses Trump administration's responses to court orders
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Elliot Williams, legal analyst and former Justice Department deputy assistant attorney general, about the Trump administration's response to court orders.
Scientists have discovered the first self-replicating living robots
A team of scientists from the University of Vermont, Tufts and Harvard took stem cells from a frog and turned them into robots. The tiny robots made copies of themselves.
A Man in Italy is accused of trying to get a COVID vaccine in a fake arm
He faces possible charges after trying to get the vaccine in an arm made of silicon. The nurse administering the shot said she initially thought he was an amputee and mistakenly offered the wrong arm.
Longtime GOP senator and 1996 presidential nominee, Bob Dole, dies at 98
Dole was in many ways the embodiment of the World War II generation in Congress. He had served in a combat division in Italy and suffered grievous wounds that kept him in military hospitals for years.
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Latest coronavirus variant is found in about one-third of U.S. states. Pro-Trump counties have far higher COVID death rates. The days leading up to the shooting at Oxford high school are being probed.
Airlines were beginning to recover from the pandemic, then Omicron showed up
The travel industry is bracing for another slowdown, or worse, as a new coronavirus variant spreads — leading many would-be travelers to think about pausing their plans.
Omicron variant could become another speedbump on the road to economic recovery
The latest jobs report from the Labor Department will be a snapshot of the job market before the arrival of the new coronavirus variant.
Biden administration will resume 'Remain in Mexico' policy for asylum-seekers
NPR's A Martinez talks to Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, of the American Immigration Council, about the U.S., which was forced by a court order, to reinstate a Trump-era border policy.
Examining Georgia's prison conditions through the death of one man
The Department of Justice is investigating whether chronic understaffing at Georgia state prisons has led to increased violence and death among those incarcerated — as well as staff.
Chinese ride-hailing group to delist from New York Stock Exchange
Didi Global says it's taking its shares off of the New York Stock Exchange, after coming under massive Chinese government scrutiny. It plans to go public in Hong Kong.
The Biden administration announces steps to slow COVID in the winter months
New York is now among the several states where the new coronavirus strain has been detected. As the omicron variant spreads, the Biden administration announces new steps to slow COVID.