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"Sixteen shots and a cover-up" was the rallying cry after a video showed a Chicago police officer killed a black teenager in 2014. On Thursday, Jason Van Dyke gets an early release from prison.

Amid Russia-Ukraine crisis, more U.S. troops will go to Europe. Ex-Chicago police officer who killed a Black teenager will leave prison early. A huge storm is sweeping across the nation's midsection.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Committee of Armed Services, about the Russia-Ukraine standoff.

Science shows the value of boosters against COVID, but many vaccinated people haven't gotten the shot. About 40% of people who are eligible have been boosted, which could be bad if COVID surges again.

After years of wrangling, the Washington, D.C., pro football team has a new name: The Washington Commanders. Here's what fans are saying.

It's now been a year since the American Hospital Association alleged price gouging and asked the White House to investigate and act. Bidding wars among states have only escalated.

Samantha Power, journalist turned diplomat and now head of USAID, famously wrote about the responsibility to stop genocide. Her mission now is to help shore up Bosnia's fragile multi-ethnic democracy.

More than a dozen historically Black colleges received bomb threats on Tuesday, the first day of Black History Month, following a number of bomb threats at HBCUs on Monday. Several went on lockdown.

NPR's Tamara Keith talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about Brian Flores' allegations of racial discrimination and unethical practices and where the NFL can go from here.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Eric Lander, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, on the Biden administration's plan to cut the cancer death rate by 50% in 25 years.