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Elizabeth George, 15, was a freshman in high school when her father died from Covid-19 last October. Since his death, she has struggled to regain a sense of normalcy. "I have difficulties even going [out] with my friends," she says. "I just want to sleep at home."

Losing a parent can derail teens' lives. A high school grief club aims to help

After finding she had ten bereaved kids in her class, one Florida teacher created a teen grief group. It's a place where kids can support each other and feel they're not alone.

Naomi Osaka of Japan returns the ball against Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain during their match at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, on May 1, 2022.

Tennis star Naomi Osaka is launching her own sports agency

The 24-year-old tennis champ is leaving IMG to start an agency of her own.

Rob Delaney says the words we use are less important than the meaning behind them.

This comedian says words often fail during tragedy. And that's OK

Rob Delaney found out his youngest son Henry had brain cancer. This is a story about the saddest of places life can take you, but it's also about the biggest of loves and how to scrape up bits of joy.

Inside the 'constitutional sheriff' movement

NPR's Cheryl Thompson speaks with Maurice Chammah of the Marshall Project to talk about the growing "constitutional sheriff" movement and what its aims are.

The last class session with students from Alfred Nobel University in Dnipro, Ukraine, and science and engineering students from Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colo.

Unlikely connection: college students in Ukraine and the U.S. form a bond

Learning American pop culture while attending college during a war: Students in Dnipro, Ukraine, and Golden, Colo., form an unlikely connection.

A video of former President Donald Trump is shown on a screen as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its final meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022.

5 takeaways from the final Jan. 6 committee hearing

The Jan. 6 committee held its final hearing, outlining its recommendations to refer former President Donald Trump for criminal charges to the Department of Justice.

Hospice provides vital end-of-life support and palliative care to terminally ill patients. But it's costing Medicare billions. A new approach would eliminate waste in the program.

Medicare tests a solution to soaring hospice costs: Let private insurers run it

The end-of-life benefit costs billions a year. A new approach aims to eliminate waste and weed out bad actors, while making the care more inviting to those who most need it.

Hackers dump confidential data from ransomware attack on the City of Oakland

A group claiming responsibility for last month’s ransomware attack on The City of Oakland’s computer system made good on its threat to dump large amounts of confidential data.

Why Indiana's Red Flag Law Did Not Prevent FedEx Mass Shooting

The gunman who killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis had a gun confiscated by police, but he was still able to buy others. It's raising questions about the state's red flag law.

Transgender inmates who don't get proper gender-affirming care in prison can experience serious anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation. One individual said the experience was "catastrophic."

Trans inmates need access to gender-affirming care. Often they have to sue to get it

Lawyers and health experts, as well as incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, say getting gender-affirming care in prison often comes only after threats of lawsuits or a full legal fight.

<em>Out of Office </em>co-author Anne Helen Petersen says the coronavirus pandemic has created a rare opportunity to rethink the shape of work life.

Fresh Air Weekend: Rethinking the way we work; 'Tastes Like War' memoirist

Journalist Anne Helen Petersen considers the new shape of work in Out of Office. Maureen Corrigan recommends the 10 best books of 2021. Grace M. Cho reckons with her mother's schizophrenia.

A doctor checks chest x-rays of a tuberculosis patient at a clinic in Mumbai, India, that treats those with drug-resistant strains of the disease. The World Health Organization has called for the eradication of this ancient and deadly infectious disease.

WHO says we can 'write the final chapter in the story of TB.' How close are we?

The pandemic brought notable setbacks in the effort to eradicate tuberculosis, which is likely to regain its notorious title of deadliest infectious disease in 2023. But there are signs of progress.

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