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Omicron is upending schools all across the country. Parents and families are navigating last-minute virtual learning, changing risk assessments and their own positive COVID tests.

The three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery have received their sentences. In November, Travis and Greg McMichael, as well as William 'Roddie' Bryan were found guilty in the Black jogger's death.

Current and former NPR staff look back on the work of Audie Cornish on her last day hosting All Things Considered.

New York auction house Guernsey's has postponed the sale of some of the South African leader's belongings, including the key to his cell and the shirt he wore when he was released from Robben Island.

U.S. employers added 199,000 jobs in December — less than half the number than forecasters had expected. At the same time, the unemployment rate dropped to just 3.9%.

For some women in Iraq, learning to ride bikes is a way of finding freedom from confining social restrictions.

Some hospitals report less strain as omicron seems to cause less severe illness. But they're still overcrowded with patients. Research shows death rates rise significantly when hospitals are full.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Iranian director Asghar Farhadi about his new film, A Hero. The story examines the complexity of what appears to many to be a good deed.

Dunst calls The Power of the Dog a cinematic love letter to her children. Maureen Corrigan reviews The Latinist, by Mark Prins. Christopher Mims goes inside the global supply chain in Arriving Today.

A reflection on the directorial philosophy of Peter Bogdanovich, who died this week at the age of 82. He believed good accidents made great films.

Most of the victims died of hypothermia, officials said, as overnight temperatures fell to 17.6 Fahrenheit amid heavy snowfall at Pakistan's mountain resort town of Murree.

Woody Hoburg is one of NASA's newest astronauts, and in contention to be part of the team that goes back to the moon. So, we've invited him on to answer three questions about Dancing with the Stars.