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The FDA is relaxing controversial restrictions on a heavily regulated medication used to induce abortions, easing access to the drug at a time when abortion rights are being restricted nationwide.

The ruling Conservative Party in Britain has undergone a stunning defeat in a special election, in what is being seen as a personal blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Craig Spencer of New York-Presbyterian and Columbia University Irving Medical Center in Manhattan, about the omicron variant's effect on medical care in the U.S.

First projections of the variant's impact find a range of possibilities, from just a relatively small acceleration of the current trajectory to a big new wave that could rival last winter's surge.

After analyzing some 88,000 European soccer matches, scientists say games have become more predictable over time and hypothesize that salary caps could help revive the surprise.

A groundbreaking feminist thinker, writer and activist, bell hooks was clearly uninterested in being safe, respectable or acceptable, and charted a career on her own terms.

In the final weeks of his administration, President Trump is pushing through policies and making appointments that his successor will have to contend with.

The docuseries follows the work of the Black and Missing Foundation, which steps in to search for missing people of color when media and law enforcement fall short.

Military officials say that, after months of warnings, they have begun disciplinary actions. The Army has reprimanded 2,700 soldiers and said it will begin discharge proceedings in the new year.

The first transcripts from the impeachment inquiry are now public. Four states are choosing governors and state lawmakers. The U.S. formally tells the U.N. it's leaving the Paris climate accord.