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Scientists say they've developed a SARS vaccine that can be ingested. The new plan involves modifying tomatoes (and tobacco) so that an inactive form of the SARS virus grows in the plant. When mice ate the tomatoes, they were protected against SARS.

Independent mapmakers have been hired to create a new set of maps this time.

The no votes edged out the yes votes in the do-over election in Bessemer, Alabama, but more than 400 challenged ballots remain. A hearing will determine whether those ballots will be counted.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona about grant funds the administration is making available for HBCUs that have recently experienced a bomb threat.

According to a new study, fewer than 4% of producers making songs on the Billboard Top 100 last year were women — a number that hasn't changed much over the past decade.

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

The nation's prison population hit a record 2.1 million last year. Law enforcement officials, charity workers, and others are just starting to focus on what happens when all those inmates get out. On Morning Edition, NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on efforts in Baltimore, Md., to find jobs for those who are determined to stay out of prison.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a puzzle with WVPM listener Joe Sallmen of Fairmont, W.Va.

The emojis now have different skin tones and the family icons now come in configurations that include two moms and two dads.

Young helped shape the sound of '60s and '70s Southern popular music for his work on songs like "Sweet Caroline" and "Hooked on a Feeling."