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NPR's Scott Simon talks with online sports commentator Jomboy, also known as James Vincent Michael O'Brien, about his rise to fame.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with journalist Kitty Eisele about "Demented," her podcast documenting what it's like caring for an elderly parent as their memory fades and health declines.

North Carolina will have all mail sent to prisons scanned and re-printed. NPR's Scott Simon talks to reporter Samantha Melamed of The Philadelphia Inquirer about a similar system in Pennsylvania.

A lower dose of the Pfizer vaccine showed nearly a 91% efficacy rate in a trial of children ages 5-11, according to the company. Boosters for Moderna and J&J are officially now authorized.

The Supreme Court refuses to block a restrictive abortion law in Texas, but will hear arguments next month. Democrats continue to negotiate over a scaled-back social safety net bill.

The actor and author has a new book, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play. He talks with NPR's Scott Simon about why walking in the woods makes him feel better and how to experience nature in a city.

The race for governor in Virginia is too close for either candidates' comfort, so between now and Nov. 2, it's all about turnout. That'll be especially difficult in an off-year election.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Laurent Duvillier, Regional Chief of Communication for UNICEF's Latin America and the Caribbean operation, about the security issues faced by aid workers in Haiti..

Internal Facebook documents show how the pro-Trump Stop the Steal movement proliferated on the world's biggest social network between the presidential election and the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Hurricane-level winds slammed the Aleutian Islands Thursday night, ripping off roofs and tearing boats from their docks.In Unalaska, the region’s largest city, the National Weather Service recorded wind gusts of up to 132 mph.