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Newly released revisions to a well-respected COVID-19 model translates into good news for the United States. The number of Americans expected to die from the coronavirus has been lowered.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks Washington Post reporter Michael Kranish about Michael Bloomberg's history of sexist and discriminatory behavior.

We talk with a NOAA scientist about the Northern Lights, and why their visibility seems to be increasing.

At a recent firearms training session in southern California, a small group of Asian Americans had mixed reactions to acquiring a gun.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken about talks in Beijing meant to ease tensions between China and the U.S.

Public health and law enforcement agencies around the U.S. are scrambling to blunt the impact of xylazine, a deadly new threat to Americans who use street drugs.

Climate change is causing ice caps and glaciers to disappear. One animal that the ice melt is affecting is the North Atlantic right whale.

A deadly avalanche near Lake Tahoe is prompting new questions about how shifting winter weather may be reshaping avalanche danger in the Sierra Nevada.

At the U.S. Curling Olympic Trials, a team of Gen Z curlers usurped the long-reigning champions in a big upset. Team Casper is bringing swagger, limber knees and some new sensibilities to a tradition-filled sport.

Once a racer for Norway, Pinheiro Braathen switched to Brazil, his mother's home country. In winning the Olympic giant slalom on Saturday, he earned South America's first medal at a Winter Games.