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The Biden administration is unveiling new, stricter pollution standards for American cities such as Salt Lake City, Utah, which have long struggled with chronically dirty air.

The government program called Supplemental Security Income has lots of outdated rules that harm the people it's supposed to help, like people with significant disabilities and their caregivers.

New action platformer Tales of Kenzera: ZAU delivers a moving story, sleek traversal, and a brilliant setting gleaming with Afro-futurist highlights. It's just not as meaty as competing Metroidvanias.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with actress and comedian Sasheer Zamata about her comedy special The First Woman.

In Georgia, protestors of a proposed police training facility are facing domestic terrorism charges. Atlanta's mayor is defending the training facility as a way to fight crime and attract officers.

Shakira's new album, "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran," is her first in seven years and is being marketed as a comeback after a highly-publicized romantic breakup.

What's going on in our brains and bodies when we experience waves of nostalgia in the holiday season? We talk to musician and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin about the medicine of music.

After 35 years of teaching in Tel Aviv, an Israeli high school history teacher's pro-Palestinian views led to a campaign to get him fired.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about UConn's dominance in the March Madness basketball tournament. Also, a heartwarming update.

When authorities find wildlife that are being illegally trafficked, at ports or airports, the animals are often in terrible shape. Sick, starved, distressed. A pilot project in Southern California aims to get seized wildlife immediate care.

Lawmakers in Hong Kong have passed new national security legislation that carries severe punishment for a broad range of offenses, including life imprisonment for acts deemed to be insurrection.