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NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Chicago Tribune reporter Megan Crepeau about actor Jussie Smollett's courtroom testimony — denying allegations he masterminded a phony hate-crime attack.

Beetles that look like ladybugs are sweeping through parts of the country. They can bite, but are they harmful?

President Biden and Russian President Putin hold a video summit. The U.S. won't send any government officials to the Olympics in Beijing. The DOJ is suing Texas over the state's redistricting plans.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Arifa Parker, an infectious diseases specialist in South Africa, about the latest coronavirus variant.

NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Mike Mazza of the American Enterprise Institute about whether the U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing will have a tangible effect.

By layering 150,000 individual images, an astrophotographer from Arizona has captured what could be the most intricately detailed photo ever captured of the sun.

As staff at a local shop opened the back door for a delivery last week, they got an unexpected visitor. An adult female eagle dashed in and headed for the rafters, occasionally swooping down toward the people and merchandise below.Or as Megan Dean, one of the rescuers put it: “An eagle decided to go shopping at Alaska Ship Supply.”

Unalaska volunteers rescue a bald eagle trapped in Alaska Ship Supply; a proposal for a 14-acre kelp farm in Kodiak; and the federal infrastructure package could mean opportunities for high-speed internet in rural Alaska.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, about the omicron variant, and how the U.S. should respond to its spread.

The omicron variant has been detected in about one-third of U.S. states, while the delta variant infects 100,000 people a day. Officials urge people to get vaccinated and boosted.