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The pandemic has forced many athletes to modify their training. Olympian Kara Winger talks to NPR's Scott Simon about the backyard "muscle deck" she created to hone her javelin throwing.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot about vaccination efforts in Chicago and other issues.

After reporting for a year that vaccines will be key to ending the pandemic, one reporter's vaccination makes him a data point in proving the veracity of that assertion.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine about Wine's claims the ruling regime is abducting dissidents.

The 2016 election turned many lives upside down, including the characters in Ali Benjamin's new novel, The Smash-Up. NPR's Scott Simon asks Benjamin about her portrait of a family in upheaval.

George Floyd, 46, will be laid to rest Tuesday in his hometown of Houston. Floyd's death, while in police custody in Minneapolis two weeks ago, has sparked an international outcry and protests.

NPR's David Greene talks to the Lawson brothers, Ortierre, Terai and DJD, all friends of the late George Floyd. They also want people to understand what it's like to be a black man in America.

A surveillance camera shows the panda crawling up a metal pole and skirting an electrical fence. He managed to roam the park, but zookeepers safely caught him before they opened to the public.

A federal court ordered farmers to stop spraying one of the country's most widely used herbicides. But the Environmental Protection Agency says farmers can use chemicals that they've already bought.

Many people are struggling with insomnia like never before. Specialists explain why these times put an extra strain on our ability to get needed rest — and what to do about it.