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Karen Gibson and her two top assistants make up the first all-female leadership team since the office was established in 1789.

The Biden administration plans to loan millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Mexico and Canada. But there's pressure for more vaccine diplomacy in the global race against time and variants.

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case between California's agricultural growers and the farmworkers union over an old law limiting union organizers' access to farms to get workers' support.

Marty Walsh has been confirmed as labor secretary. The two-term mayor of Boston is also a former union leader — the first one to run the Labor Department in roughly half a century.

The computer model that predicts the weather is getting more power. Climate change is upping the stakes for forecasters as extreme weather gets more common and residents demand earlier warnings.

In an unusual post-midnight statement, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said AstraZeneca might have used old data for its COVID-19 vaccine trial.

Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will tell Congress the economy is recovering but that more needs to be done to get to pre-pandemic levels

Health experts in Europe say the continent is facing a third wave of coronavirus infection — exacerbated by virulent new strains and a lack of vaccines.

Baylor was known for his acrobatic athleticism. NPR's Noel King talks to Bijan Bayne, author of Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball, about Baylor's legacy.

The second-oldest colonial city in South Africa, Port Elizabeth, has a new name. It mixes some of the unique linguistics of the Xhosa language, yet many South Africans are struggling to pronounce it.