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The James Webb Space Telescope will give a glimpse of the earliest galaxies formed after the Big Bang — but only if the telescope is kept frigid. That's why there's a tennis court-sized sunshield.

The Unalaska City School District has the blessing of the school board to hire an assistant or associate principal for the 2022-2023 school year.The last time the district filled that position was about 20 years ago, according to High School Principal Jim Wilson, who spoke in support of the new position at a school board meeting last week.

The Unalaska City School District has the blessing of the school board to hire an assistant or associate principal for the 2022/23 school year; the Alaska Police Standards Council unanimously elected an advocate for domestic violence and sexual assault victims as the new chair of the council; and Alaska is set to receive millions of dollars from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill that Congress passed last month.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about the Biden administration's plans to handle the expected omicron wave. He cautions people to get vaccinated and then the booster.

The omicron variant is now the dominant variant in the U.S. President Biden is set to warn Americans about omicron, and talk about the administration's plans to help areas struggling with the surge.

Leonard Nimoy was the first to portray the half-human, half-Vulcan science officer. Now children of the late actor have donated a pair from the actor's personal collection.

The remains are the length of a small car dating from before the time of the dinosaurs. The animal is believed to have broken the record for the largest-known arthropod.

President Biden campaigned on the most ambitious climate agenda of any major party candidate. But the cornerstone of his plan appears doomed in Congress, rejected by a Democrat from a coal state.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Bahareh Shargi, wife of American businessman Emad Shargi, who's been held in an Iranian prison for more than three years.

Some people who get cards this holiday season will need a smartphone to see what's inside. Hallmark is selling video greetings that make it easy to send montages of personalized videos.