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A U.N. Security Council vote on a U.S. bid to extend an arms embargo against Iran failed last week. Now the U.S. secretary of state wants to bring back all sanctions lifted by the Iran nuclear deal.

The Clark County Combined Health District went door to door in June with masks and information targeting the 3,000 households that were at the greatest risk for COVID-19.

A new study suggests there is far more plastic in the Atlantic Ocean than scientists estimated earlier, especially tiny pieces of plastic that can end up inside fish and other animals.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran about the push to reopen schools in his state.

Two teachers at a high school in Albany, Ga., are raising student morale about virtual learning with a rap song that has gone viral.

President Trump wants a U.S. hard-liner on Cuba and Venezuela to head the Inter-American Development Bank, prompting pushback from critics who note the bank's always been run by a Latin American.

Joe Biden will make his first speech to the nation Thursday as the Democratic Party's leader and presidential nominee. It will be the end of a long and rocky journey for him.

Joe Biden will take center stage Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention, accepting the party's nomination for president decades after his first presidential run.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Jeneyah McDonald, a Flint, Mich., resident, about a $600 million settlement the state of Michigan has reached with Flint residents over the city's drinking water.

Federal prosecutors allege Uber's former chief security officer Joe Sullivan covered up the breach and arranged a $100,000 payment to the hackers.