Search results for

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with writer Sophie Downey about the upcoming Nike cleats designed for women. Despite soccer's popularity, it's rare to find cleats that are designed for female athletes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is getting a new director. President Biden named Dr. Mandy Cohen to the role. She's the former health secretary for North Carolina.

We look at what the Biden Administration is and isn't saying about the remarkable events that unfolded in Russia yesterday, when the leader of a private army threatened to march to Moscow.

Kevin McCarthy unveiled his demands to negotiate with President Biden but so far talks have stalled. If Congress fails to raise the debt limit, the economic consequences could be dire.

Arguments on Tuesday center on a powerful tool for fighting fraud in government contracts and programs. The case examines whether major pharmacies knowingly overcharged Medicare and Medicaid.

A visit to a technology incubator in Taiwan that's helped create companies behind the world's most advanced semiconductor chips.

The housewife and superstar — a creation of Australian comedian Barry Humphries — says it's not entirely clear what her retirement will look like. "I'm a restless spirit," she says.

With news that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose gifts of vacations, luxury experiences and business transactions, there is new scrutiny on the ethics governing the court.

The U.S. House defeated its version of the farm bill this afternoon. The bill would have cut the food stamps program and transformed subsidies for farmers from direct payments to crop insurance premium support. But Republicans lost 60 of their own members who voted no, along with most Democrats.

Historians in India have expressed outrage over changes in 12th grade textbooks. Critics see this as an attempt to appropriate the government's pro-Hindu agenda.