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E-commerce giant Amazon purchased Hollywood studio MGM for $8.5 billion. Why did Amazon buy MGM, and what does the move portend for the film industry?

An update on coronavirus cases and numbers. And, as the pandemic reaches a new phase, many workers are anticipating a return to the workforce. Experts offer tips for re-entry.

Survivors and their descendants say facing the truth about the Tulsa Race Massacre is essential in the nation's struggle to confront racial injustice and violence against Black people.

The CDC recently lifted some of its mask guidance for fully vaccinated people. So is it safe to go out now? NPR answers your pressing questions.

The documentary Us Kids showcases the rise of the "March for Our Lives" movement. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the director, Kim Snyder, and two activists, Sam Fuentes and X Gonzalez.

The North Korean leader called the struggle against anti-socialist and non-socialist practices a "do-or-die battle" in a letter to labor organization participants this week.

Milli Vanilli and other Western pop acts have gotten in trouble with fans for lip-synching. In the former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan, it's now against the law. Tired of seeing "old voiceless singers lip synching their old songs" Turkmenistan's all powerful president decreed there will be no more lip synching at concerts on television or even weddings. Good taste, maybe, but he's also banned opera and ballet.

President El-Sissi's help in brokering peace earned the gratitude of President Biden, who has been critical of el-Sissi's human rights record.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Washington Post's economics correspondent Heather Long about what the unemployment numbers say about the state of the country's economic recovery.

Italy is in mourning after a cable car in the country's majestic northern lakes region plunged to the ground. The disaster is reviving questions about the safety of Italy's transport infrastructure.