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Early Polls Show U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May Leading Ahead Of Election

The United Kingdom is in the early stages of campaigning for a June election. Current opinion polling suggests a result that would strengthen the hand of Prime Minister Theresa May as she steers her country out of the European Union.

What It Would Take For U.S. Companies To Switch Supply Chains Away From China

President Trump wants manufacturers to source raw materials from outside China. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Syracuse University economist Mary Lovely about how companies could move supply chains.

U.S. Government To Buy Additional 100 Million Doses Of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine

The federal government reaches an agreement with Pfizer to buy an additional 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. NPR explores what that means for the country's supply in the coming months.

Protesters march on June 1 in Auckland, New Zealand, in solidarity with demonstrations across the United States following the killing of George Floyd. Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand.

As New Zealand Police Pledge To Stay Unarmed, Maori Activists Credit U.S. Protests

Even as far away as New Zealand, protesters have taken inspiration from America's movement against police abuse of people of color.

A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday.

NASA And SpaceX Launch 1st Astronauts To Orbit From U.S. Since 2011

After an aborted launch attempt to the International Space Station on Wednesday, the weather cleared and the launch went ahead on Saturday.

A worker installs a roof on a home being built in San Diego in 2017. The housing market has been softening, with sales of new single-family homes falling in October to the lowest level in more than 2 1/2 years.

U.S. Unemployment Holds At 3.7 Percent As Economy Adds 155,000 Jobs

The jobless rate remained the lowest in nearly 50 years last month as employers added fewer jobs than expected. Meanwhile, wages grew 3.1 percent over the past 12 months, the same as in October.

Central American Migrants Traveling Toward The U.S. Say They Won't Give Up

More than 5,000 migrants have made it to Mexico City, where authorities are providing food, health care and tents. The migrants now must decide whether to press on or accept a deal and stay in Mexico.

These canines are some of the nearly 500 beagles that Homeward Trails Animal Rescue collected earlier this year from an Envigo research facility in Virginia. Now Homeward Trails is taking in additional beagles from Envigo, which bred the dogs for pharmaceutical research, after a federal judge ordered thousands of remaining dogs to be released.

Animal rescue groups across the U.S. band together to rescue 4,000 beagles

A federal judge ordered thousands of dogs to be rehomed from a Virginia research facility after several inspections revealed poor conditions. Animal rescue groups are working to do just that.

Maryland Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks reacts after a voter tells her he voted for her outside at the Marilyn Praisner Community Recreation Center on May 14 in Burtonsville, Md.

Maryland Democrats pick Angela Alsobrooks to take on Hogan for open U.S. Senate seat

The former two-term governor's win in Tuesday's primary gives Republicans a chance at a Senate seat in deep blue state. Hogan will face Democrat and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks.

Hobbyist photographer snaps photo of extremely rare bird in 1st U.S. sighting

Michael Sanchez was testing out his new camera when he happened upon a feathered subject. The blue rock-thrush he photographed on the coast of northern Oregon last week has excited the birding world.

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