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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson about a case against three drug distributors for their alleged role in the opioid epidemic, as case's trial starts Monday.

Cleland was a decorated Army veteran who lost three limbs while serving in Vietnam. After the the war, he dedicated his life to public service. He died Nov. 9. Originally broadcast in 2009.

Journalist Art Cullen discusses the battle to keep print news alive in small-town America. Cullen runs Iowa's Storm Lake Times, along with his brother. Originally broadcast Sept. 16, 2021.

In April, a team of Michigan State University plant biologists dug up a bottle of seeds buried by botanist W.J. Beal in 1879.The seeds have been subjected to various tests to see if they would grow nearly a century and a half later.

Scientists have begun to find abnormalities in the immune systems of some long-COVID patients that might help explain the syndrome, at least in some people. But there is still much more to learn.

In a rare dive into personal territory, Branagh details growing up amid the Troubles in Northern Ireland. But despite some lovely moments, Belfast feels guarded in its telling.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry about his expectations on what would make the U.N. climate conference a success ahead of the final day of COP26.

Negotiations are coming down to the wire at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. There's a new draft agreement, but bitter differences remain between rich and poor countries.

Manfred Steiner dreamed of being a physicist but his parents convinced him to be a doctor. When he retired, he enrolled in a PhD program. Weeks before his 90th birthday, he defended his dissertation.

Left-handers have a tough time buying guitars in a right-handed marketplace. Now, Elderly Instruments has opened the Lefty Lounge for southpaws.