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DeBose is the first openly queer woman of color to win an Oscar for her acting.

People who are 50 and older and certain immunocompromised individuals may get a second Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster four months after they received the first.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

So far, about one-quarter of Ukraine's 44 million people have fled their country due to the war, according to the U.N. Here are tips to avoid falling victim to online scams.

Academics based in China must apply for permission to attend online exchanges, even on topics that once were considered nonpolitical.

Now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the Parental Rights in Education bill into law, teachers fear it will muzzle speech and further stigmatize LGBTQ youth.

President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, the culmination of more than a century of efforts to designate lynching as a federal hate crime.

Every year, roughly 20,000 young people turn 18 in foster care and venture out on their own. It can be a critical moment of transition, where success is far from a guarantee.

Some who have been advocating to reduce prison terms for nonviolent drug criminals privately tell NPR they are beginning to worry nothing will happen in 2016.

The vote on the historic nomination was 53 to 47, with three Republicans voting with Democrats. When sworn in this summer, Jackson will be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.