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A rural county in Washington declared the opioid epidemic a life-threatening emergency. It uses a multiagency coordination group straight out of FEMA's playbook to respond to the crisis.

The Biden administration is trying to figure out how much student debt to forgive and how to go about doing it — through executive action or legislation.

From America's Test Kitchen, two dishes with heat: spicy Thai chicken served with rice and a coffee mug chocolate cake that's cooked in the microwave and results in a gooey, molten center.

The then-president asked a Georgia law enforcement official to find evidence of fraud with absentee-by-mail ballots. He told her: "When the right answer comes out, you'll be praised."

The $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill expands subsidies for private insurance plans. That will lighten the burden on consumers, but it locks taxpayers into yet more support for the health care industry.

From stepchildren to senators, attendees flocked to the Capitol in both muted and flashy garments, sending Twitter into a frenzy over standout styles.

Statewide, the COVID vaccination rate for first responders is more than 95%. But it's not as high in more rural areas, where ambulance crews can't function if just a few people quit.

Many voters in the French territory of New Caledonia go to the polls this Sunday to vote on a referendum on independence. It's a moment not lost on China and the United States.

Colombians elect the country's first leftist president and first Black woman to be vice president.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Tim Heidecker about his music, his new sentimental album High School and about his sometimes crass comedy.