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NPR's Michel Martin reflects on the coronavirus and how it's impacting daily life in the United States.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to author Stephen Graham Jones about his latest novel, "I Was a Teenage Slasher," which tells a gory tale through the eyes of a teenage killer in a small Texan town.

A new book tells the story behind a failed plot by mercenaries to overtake the tiny West African nation of Equatorial Guinea. The plot involved oil, guns and the son of a former British prime minister.

The Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to affect grain prices, and could worsen global hunger, causing some to recommend the USDA open millions of acres of idle croplands in the U.S. The USDA is projecting that food prices will rise further in 2022, and John Deere will end the requirement that only Deere-certified technicians can complete work on the company’s farm equipment.

Deep in the Congolese rain forest, a group of Pygmies lives in near isolation from Western music. When a team of scientists played them music from Star Wars and Psycho, the results were surprising.

The Biden administration is quadrupling tariffs on China-made EVs. The tariffs are part of a broad swath of protectionist policies first imposed by former President Trump.

Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity and Ultima join the World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester, New York.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports from Helsinki, Finland, where the presidents of the United States and Russia have begun their summit meeting. Tonight, the main event was an informal dinner. Tomorrow, Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin sit down to talk about NATO. President Clinton's position will be that NATO should expand eastward to include countries in eastern and central Europe. President Yeltsin's position will be that any NATO expansion is a strategic mistake. Both sides are warning that there might not be much progress toward solving the problem.

If the court rules against the Obama administration, health insurance subsidies could be eliminated for more than 6 million people in states that use HealthCare.gov, the federal exchange website.

The concert, which included performances from Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Liam Gallagher, Justin Bieber and others, was the most-watched program of the year in Britain.