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The White House says it's planning for the next phase of the coronavirus pandemic. Politically, COVID has President Biden in a precarious position.

The politics of getting to the next phase of the coronavirus pandemic

With the omicron surge fading, the Biden administration is looking to the next phase of the pandemic. Americans appear eager to get there.

It's far too soon to make a definitive judgment about whether any laws have been broken in connection with the president's contacts with James Comey, the FBI director he fired a week ago.

'It's Falling Out Of The Trees,' Former Prosecutor Says Of Obstruction Evidence

It's too soon to determine whether obstruction of justice laws may have been broken in President Trump's conversations with James Comey. A D.C. defense lawyer says the key issue is Trump's intent.

The seemingly simple act of reaching for a cup of coffee actually activates parts of the brain involved in motion, planning and emotions.

An overlooked brain system helps you grab a coffee — and plan your next cup

Researchers have found a system in the brain that seems to integrate control of individual muscles with a person's intentions, emotions and entire body.

Foreign Stock Exchanges Follow Dow Down

One day after Wall Street's massive fall, the Dow Industrials opened strong Tuesday morning. The Nasdaq also was up. The reaction to the failed U.S. economic bailout plan around the rest of the world was mixed.

Obama: Quick Action Needed On Economy

President-elect Barack Obama has said the country is facing a major economic crisis and swift action is needed to resolve it. Obama made his comments in Chicago at his first news conference since his election victory Tuesday.

In Spite Of Marketing, Older People Driven To Cars

NPR's Ina Jaffe and Sonari Glinton were at the LA Auto Show this week. They spoke with NPR's Scott Simon about new cars that have been designed with older drivers in mind.

Yao honey hunter Orlando Yassene holds a male greater honeyguide temporarily captured for research in the Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique. The birds will flutter in front of people, tweet and fly from tree to tree to guide hunters to bees' nests that are hidden inside the trunks of hollow trees. This teamwork could date back thousands or even a million years.

How Wild Birds Team Up With Humans To Guide Them To Honey

It sounds like a fairy tale but it's real. A study shows how wild birds and people communicate to find bees' nests and share the sweet honeycomb. The teamwork may date back thousands of years or more.

Created by Chinese programmers, 996.ICU has become a popular repository of workers' rights campaign materials on the website GitHub. The name is a play on a refrain that long work hours of 9 to 9, six days a week, could send tech workers to the intensive care unit.

GitHub Has Become A Haven For China's Censored Internet Users

Without access to Facebook or Twitter, Chinese tech workers have gathered on GitHub, the world's largest open-source programming platform, to complain about 12-hour days and demand better conditions.

Romi Gonen, age 23, was taken hostage and wounded in the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel. It's unclear whether she'll be among those released as part of the hostage deal.

An Israeli woman waits to learn if her sister, a Hamas hostage, will be freed in deal

Romi Gonen, 23, was wounded and taken hostage during the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack. Her sister Yarden and other relatives are awaiting word if Romi will be released as part of a negotiated hostage deal.

Jenny Gusse and Doug Inglis died during a backpacking trip through Canada's Banff National Park. They're seen here on a river trip in Saskatchewan.

The couple killed by a bear in Banff were able to send an SOS text: 'Bear attack bad'

The two backpackers in Canada's Banff National Park seem to have emptied a can of bear spray, trying to get the animal to leave their camp. When rescuers arrived, the bear charged at them.

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