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In the past week, the U.S. has blown past record levels of infection that were seen in the summer, when new cases topped 77,000 in July.

The agency says the so-called Wolfcamp shale in Texas contains 20 billion barrels of oil and 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas that are recoverable by hydraulic fracturing and other means.

NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews Ariadne Spanaki, who works for the United Nations refugee agency in Kalamata, Greece, about the drowning of as many as 500 migrants last week between Libya and Italy in the Mediterranean Sea.

The government, which has banned the Indian media from broadcasting India's Daughter or even showing clips from it pending an investigation, also ordered YouTube to take down the documentary.

The British Navy only just began rolling out the largest warship it has ever built, but it already has an eventual mission in mind for the aircraft carrier and its sister ship: the South China Sea.

The policeman who responded to the scene of the nerve agent attack on a former spy was released Thursday, as another officer exposed to the deadly chemical was being treated for minor symptoms.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Najmaldin Karim, governor of Iraq's Kirkuk province, about the Kurdish forces' continued struggle against ISIS.

Volkswagen's top U.S. executive was taken to task on Thursday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. It was the first congressional hearing since the company's emissions scandal broke.

Russian criticism of Western military aid to Ukraine is not new. But recent rhetoric reflects efforts to build public consensus for the need of a protracted — if not existential — war with the West.

NPR's congressional correspondent Ailsa Chang explains what happened Monday at the Capitol complex, where a man with a weapon entered the Visitor Center and was shot by Capitol police.