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Every year Iranians around the world celebrate Nowruz. The Persian new year is a two-week festival that marks the start of spring.

Pfizer adds data to its request to get the OK for its COVID vaccine for young kids. Biden cautions Americans in Ukraine to leave. Truckers shut down border crossings between Canada and the U.S.

Author J.K. Rowling has been criticized after a series of tweets that many read as transphobic. Rowling's insistence that "sex is real" and immutable has saddened her trans and genderqueer fans.

The scorching temperatures are happening during a destructive wildfire season and a brutal drought. The average maximum temperature across the country on Tuesday was 105.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed his sweeping $1.1 billion emergency drought relief bill Friday. It funds water infrastructure improvements like flood control and aid for farmworkers.

Retired Maryland State Police Officer Neil Franklin says Baltimore police were led to believe that young black men were the sole users of heroin and crack cocaine. He speaks with host Rachel Martin about the impact of the war on drugs in the communities he's worked in.

Washington, D.C., residents pushing to enfranchise teens think their opinions matter and the move would boost voter participation. But some worry 16-year-olds aren't ready to cast ballots.

75,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser facilities across the U.S. could go on strike next week, largely due to understaffing concerns, if their unions and Kaiser don't reach an agreement by Saturday.

Ever wonder who picks the music for the breaks you hear on All Things Considered? The show's directors! We talk to our show producers about the music they listened to the most this year — and why.

A new study of free, online college courses says that growth fell short of early expectations, as well as a pattern among users: mostly college-educated, including a surprising number of teachers.