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Reesha Howard, who calls herself the "Queen of Spaces," was one of the first users of Twitter's audio rooms, known as Spaces.

Social Audio Began As A Pandemic Fad. Tech Companies See It As The Future

Live conversations on Clubhouse and Twitter took off during the pandemic, connecting people online when they couldn't in real life. Now social media companies are scrambling to launch audio features.

Speaking Suns To Perform At Springfield's IndieCraft Festival 2021

The Yellow Springs band performs alongside a roster of band from across the Miami Valley.

Eugene Goodman of the U.S. Capitol Police will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a June 18 Washington Nationals home game. He's seen here at the Senate carriage entrance of the Capitol.

Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman Will Throw The First Pitch At A Nationals Game

It's the latest honor for Goodman, whose quick thinking was credited with helping to keep the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection from escalating even further.

A police officer holds a firearm as community members gather on June 6 in Minneapolis, for Winston Boogie Smith Jr., who was fatally shot by members of a U.S. Marshals task force several days earlier. (Christian Monterrosa/AP Photo)

America's Crime Surge: Why Violence Is Rising, And Solutions To Fix It

The homicide rate in some large cities rose by 30% last year. The violence shows no signs of slowing down. We take a look behind the sudden spike, and solutions that could reverse the trend.

Trump's DOJ Investigated Democrats On House Intelligence Committee, Source Says

The Trump Justice Department subpoenaed Apple in 2018 to obtain metadata of at least two Democratic members of the House intelligence panel — as well as their current and former staff and family.

The Trump Justice Department sought metadata from Apple to investigate Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee.

The Justice Department Watchdog Will Review A Trump-Era Probe Of Democratic Lawmakers

The Trump Justice Department sought metadata from Apple to investigate members of the House Intelligence Committee, a source tells NPR. Democratic leaders want former attorneys general to testify.

U.N. Says Ethiopia's Civil War Has The Country On The Brink Of Catastrophe

A civil war that began last year in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has the international community concerned as hundreds of thousands of people in the region now live in famine.

Manas Ray and his mother in 2019, the last time he was in India.

His Mom Was Sick In India During The Second Wave. He Wrote A Poem About It — And Hope

Manas Ray, a biochemist in Cambridge, Mass., wrote "Praying From A Distance" about the toll COVID-19 has taken on his family in India. He submitted it as part of an NPR poetry callout last month.

A sign at a store in El Zonte, El Salvador, advertises that it accepts bitcoins for payment.

El Salvador Plans To Use Electricity Generated From Volcanoes To Mine Bitcoin

Bitcoin mining has taken a lot of heat for being harmful to the environment since it requires massive amounts of electricity to generate the invisible currency.

U.S. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., are the two most prominent Democrats to support the notion that the Senate needs to pursue bipartisan legislation on virtually every front.

Moderate Democrats Flex Their Power In The Senate, Making Progressives Impatient

Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., are the most prominent moderates to oppose elements of President Biden's agenda, but they are likely not alone.

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