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President-elect Joe Biden wants to conserve 30% of U.S. land and water by 2030. It's part of a global push to avoid the worst effects of climate change and the decline of the natural world.

Companies that sold or distributed opioid medications face huge legal, financial and public relations peril. Critics say shareholders, not CEOs, will pay the price.

The Democratic-led House Administration Committee is considering a challenge brought by defeated Democrat Rita Hart, who lost a race for an Iowa congressional district by six votes.

The president vowed to "fight on" after the nation's highest court tossed a Texas lawsuit challenging the election results. The reaction from his congressional allies, however, was much more subdued.

"In fact, we're growing faster outside the [San Francisco] Bay Area than within it," says Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat, a senior vice president of both Google and its parent company, Alphabet.

Police Officer Jason Van Dyke faces charges in the Oct. 20, 2014, shooting of Laquan McDonald on busy street on Chicago's Southwest Side. On Tuesday, he gave a teary defense of that night.

There's no benefit to delaying pushing after receiving epidural anesthesia and reaching full dilation. A delay increases the risk of complications, particularly for the mother, a large study finds.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Roberto Andrade Franco about Andy Ruiz Jr. becoming the first heavyweight boxing champ of Mexican descent after one of the sport's biggest upsets.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with The Undefeated's William C. Rhoden about Toronto Raptors' General Manager Masai Ujiri's unlikely path to the NBA and his charity work in Africa.

She was found in her dorm at Stanford University last week. Her family says it was suicide. "She saw herself as a warrior, and it was do or die," her sister, Christine Catlin, tells NPR.