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Federal investigators say the captain flying the United 767 from Italy was too slow and too low before landing last month at Newark, N.J. The jet struck a light pole, damaging a truck on the turnpike.

Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay Oklahoma $572 million in a landmark opioid trial. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Gary Mendell, who testified at the trial. He lost his son Brian to addiction.

In his new book, ProPublica reporter J. David McSwane says a shocking number of companies that received funds at the beginning of the pandemic to distribute protective gear had no experience doing so.

The first official outdoor exhibition on Washington D.C.'s National Mall showcases six artists whose monuments honor American stories missing from the heart of the country's capital.

Paterson, N.J. is trying to fight back against the grip of fentanyl by passing harsher laws. But critics say those laws punish addiction and don't address more serious problems.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed the executive order creating the Peace Corps, a radical idea of global citizenship that has stood the test of time over its 60-year history. We’ll discuss the Peace Corps and what it means to be a global citizen in today’s world.

The more contagious delta variant of COVID is working its way through the population, and some state lawmakers last week heard hours of testimony on a bill that would outlaw all vaccine mandates in Ohio. On our Weekly Reporter Roundtable, we take a look at the latest on House Bill 248 and the proposed ban on vaccine mandates.

President Biden on April 28 proposed a $1.8 trillion plan that would overhaul the country’s child care system. We look at past efforts to fix the system and where to go from here.

The family of George Floyd gathered over the weekend with hundreds in Minneapolis to mark the first anniversary of his death at the knee of former police officer Derek Chauvin. We look back on what has changed and what hasn't one year after the murder of Floyd.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed the executive order creating the Peace Corps, a radical idea of global citizenship that has stood the test of time over its 60-year history. We’ll discuss the Peace Corps and what it means to be a global citizen in today’s world.