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Negotiations are underway as the drug industry scrambles to avoid a high profile national opioid trial set to begin on Monday.

Cokie Roberts talks with NPR's Rachel Martin and answers listener questions about the 45th anniversary of the resignation of President Nixon.

The president met with survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre as the nation pauses to mark the anniversary of an attack that remains one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history.

India's COVID-19 outbreak has spread to neighboring Nepal, where it's straining an even smaller, less-resourced health system. The virus has even reached Mount Everest, where climbers have fallen ill.

Written by Bobby Troup and performed by Nat King Cole, the song immortalized Route 66.

Ronnie Wilson, a founding member of the Gap Band, has died at age 73. The group dominated the R&B charts in the 1980s, and their music went on to be sampled by artists decades later.

Biden told Putin in a call that if Russia invades Ukraine, the U.S. and allies would apply painful economic sanctions, said Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security adviser.

The late Nobel laureate and novelist was known for her examination of the Black experience. "Recitatif" is about two girls, one Black and one white, but doesn't reveal which is which.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Maria Lehman of the American Society of Civil Engineers about the decline of infrastructure across the U.S.

People who long ago called for treatment instead of incarceration reflect on the new shift toward just that.

Florida is the latest state to pass legislation that further restricts access to abortion. The new law bans abortions after 15 weeks, but doesn't have exceptions for rape, incest or human trafficking.

After four years of delays and legal detours, jury selection will begin Monday for the sentencing of admitted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui. He has already pleaded guilty to complicity in the Sept. 11 plots. But federal law lays down a high standard of proof before a jury can impose the death penalty, the sentence prosecutors are seeking.