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Drug Overdoses In The U.S. Jumped Nearly 30% Last Year

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kaiser Health News correspondent Aneri Pattani about health officials' findings that there were more than 93,000 deaths from drug overdoses in 2020.

Robert Santos, President Biden's nominee for director of the U.S. Census Bureau, testified before the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday. If confirmed, Santos, who is Latinx, would become the first person of color to lead the agency as a permanent director.

Biden's Historic Pick For Census Director Says Bureau Needs To Build Public Trust

Robert Santos, one of the country's leading statisticians, could become the first person of color to lead the U.S. Census Bureau as a Senate-confirmed director.

We Sample The Debate Over Macaroni And Cheese-Flavored Ice Cream

A limited edition macaroni and cheese-flavored ice cream, released to celebrate National Mac and Cheese Day, has caused division among social media users.

Thousands gathered for a three-day country music festival in western Colorado in late June. Cases of the delta variant of the coronavirus are spreading quickly in the area, but the public health department said that, by the time the risk had become clear, it was too late to cancel Country Jam.

With Delta Variant Surging In Colorado, A Country Music Festival Goes On

The CDC sent in a team to investigate a delta variant hotspot in Mesa County, Colo. That didn't stop tens of thousands of people from flocking to the state's largest country music festival.

Texas Legislature To Reconsider Voting Rights In Special Session

Gov. Greg Abbott has reconvened the legislature after Texas House Democrats walked out to defeat a restrictive voting rights bill in May.

Intense Heat Wave Sparks String Of Wildfires In British Columbia

Last week, residents were forced to flee the village of Lytton due to raging flames following three days of record-breaking temperatures.

An Innocent Man Walks Free From A 60-Year Sentence With Help From A Journalist

Seven years into his 60-year sentence, Yutico Briley wrote a letter to Emily Bazelon, who writes about the criminal justice system. They both reflect on Briley's long path to exoneration.

Americans Are Borrowing More After Pandemic Dip

New data shows demand for credit cards, personal and auto loans and leases was up nearly 40% in April compared to this time last year.

People rally outside the Supreme Court as oral arguments are heard in the case of President Trump's decision to end the Obama-era, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), on Nov. 12, 2019. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP/File)

9 Years Since DACA: Immigrants And Advocates Are Still Pushing For Pathway To Citizenship

A congressional solution for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients' pathway to citizenship remains elusive.

A reconstructed Neanderthal skeleton, right, and a modern human version of a skeleton, left, on display at the Museum of Natural History in New York in 2003. A new study confirms that early humans who lived in colder places adapted to have larger bodies.

Colder Climates Meant Bigger Bodies For Ancient Humans

Human ancestors got steadily larger over the last 1 million years. Our relatives living in colder places developed bigger bodies, a new study finds.

Alabama Coal Miners Enter 4th Month On Strike: 'They Lied To Us'

Members of The United Mine Workers of America went on strike against Warrior Met Coal Incorporated in April and the two sides are still far from a deal.

In an interview with NPR, Barry Diller, chairman of IAC, called the movie business dead.

Barry Diller Headed 2 Hollywood Studios. He Now Says The Movie Business Is Dead

In an exclusive interview with NPR, the IAC chairman laments the state of the movie industry, saying the rise in streaming has upended both the business model and the quality of films being made.

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