NPR : National Public Radio : News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts NPR delivers breaking national and world news. Also top stories from business, politics, health, science, technology, music, arts and culture. Subscribe to podcasts and RSS feeds.

More NPR content after sponsor message

Customers sit outside a restaurant offering outdoor service in New York in October. A new survey shows that tipped service workers are facing a marked increase in harassment during the pandemic. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Bebeto Matthews/AP

Tipped Service Workers Are More Vulnerable Amid Pandemic Harassment Spike: Study

More than half of workers surveyed said they were reluctant to enforce COVID-19 safety measures with customers from whom they would receive tips, according to the One Fair Wage study.

Tipped Service Workers Are More Vulnerable Amid Pandemic Harassment Spike: Study

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/943559848/943604723" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

A National Health Service pharmacy technician at the Royal Free Hospital in London simulates the preparation of the Pfizer vaccine Friday to support staff training ahead of this week's rollout. Yui Mok/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Yui Mok/AP

1st Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine To Be Administered This Week In The U.K.

The U.K. was the first Western country to approve Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration could vote to approve the vaccine as early as Thursday.

1st Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine To Be Administered This Week In The U.K.

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/943670487/943677486" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

A car drives past the U.S. Embassy in Havana in 2019. Dozens of Americans working at U.S. diplomatic missions in Cuba and China have suffered from ailments that included headaches, balance problems and memory loss in recent years. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

Microwave Radiation 'Most Plausible' Cause Of Diplomats' Ailments, Report Says

The study by the National Academies of Sciences comes after dozens of U.S. diplomats in Cuba and China complained of migraines, dizziness and memory loss.

Broadleaf Books

'IRL' Author Says It's OK That We're Spending So Much Of Our Lives Online

In a new book, Chris Stedman asks what it means to be real in a time when humans are interacting in digital spaces more than ever.

'IRL' Author Says It's OK That We're Spending So Much Of Our Lives Online

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/942938227/943768978" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Tyler Skluzacek (right) helped develop a smartwatch app to help disrupt his father Patrick's nightmares. The app recently won approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Carmen Ferderber hide caption

toggle caption
Carmen Ferderber

He Designed A Smartwatch App To Help Stop His Dad's Nightmares

Patrick Skluzacek suffered from PTSD-related nightmares, which were ruining his life. His son, Tyler, created a smartwatch application to disrupt them. The app recently won FDA approval.

He Designed A Smartwatch App To Help Stop His Dad's Nightmares

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/943647610/943658553" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

Supporters of President Trump attend pro-Trump marches outside the Supreme Court building in Washington on Nov. 14. The Trump team was dealt several losses in multiple courts Friday. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Trump's Legal Losses Come Fast And Furious

The Trump campaign and allied Republicans had sought to overturn results in six states. "We don't need courts," Rudy Giuliani told Fox News, arguing state lawmakers can just declare Trump the winner.

President Trump attended a rally in support of Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler on Saturday, in Valdosta, Ga., ahead of a crucial runoff election that will decide who controls the U.S. Senate. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Trump Continues Attacks On Election Results At Georgia Senate Runoff Rally

Georgia Public Broadcasting

At his first campaign rally since the election, the president repeated false claims of ballot fraud hours after pressuring the Republican governor to overturn election results.

A field of pitcher plants are nestled in a bog within the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. Ben Raines calls pitcher plants "carnivorous wonders" because they draw most of their nutrients from insects they kill and digest. Ben Raines hide caption

toggle caption
Ben Raines

On A Tour Of 'America's Amazon,' Flora, Fauna And Glimpses Of Alabama's Past

A trip through the Mobile-Tensaw Delta offers a little bit of everything, from iris fields and gators, to Civil War history and the wreck of the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans to America.

On A Tour Of 'America's Amazon,' Flora, Fauna And Glimpses Of Alabama's Past

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/943088103/943604729" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

WATCH

MORE VIDEOS

TDC video carousel

New and exclusive videos from the popular concert series.

more from