NPR Headline News

U.S. employers added 210,000 jobs in November, as the unemployment rate fell. A data from the Labor Department suggest the economy was losing steam even before the appearance of a new virus variant.

(Image credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Wesleyan University is among a small group of colleges requiring COVID-19 boosters for spring semester. Will other institutions follow?

(Image credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

The comet was discovered less than a year ago near the orbit of Jupiter. Now, observers in North America can see it in the northeastern sky around sunrise.

(Image credit: Patrick Prokop/HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy)

Pfizer researchers looking for a drug to treat SARS found clues that gave the company a head start in its quest for a pill to treat COVID-19, including the omicron variant.

(Image credit: Stew Milne/AP)

With President Biden approaching 80 years old, the political spotlight has been trained more brightly than usual on the pair. Here's a look at their political prospects.

(Image credit: Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images)

PAs say the new title would clarify that they work in a team and don't require oversight by M.D.s. Doctors say it obscures the fact that PAs have less education and training than physicians.

(Image credit: Liam James Doyle for KHN)

So far, 13 editions globally have implemented the ban, with 20 more set to do so by January 1. The magazine says the decision reflects changing tastes in fashion.

(Image credit: JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

So-called "trigger laws" in 12 states would automatically enact an abortion ban if Roe is overturned. In nine others, bans that were blocked by courts or have long been unenforced could take effect.

(Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

There's serious concern about the effectiveness of vaccines against the omicron strain. But there's also reason to be hopeful — especially for those who've had a booster.

(Image credit: Frederic J. Brown /AFP via Getty Images)

The regulator says the deal would give the combined company too much power, hurt competition and raise prices for consumers. It comes as a global shortage of chips wreaks havoc on the economy.

(Image credit: Chiang Ying-ying/AP)

The measure now heads to the Senate, where prospects for quick passage are in doubt ahead of a Friday deadline. A few Republicans have said they'd object to fast-tracking the bill.

(Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Ian Fishback was a Green Beret who exposed torture by U.S. troops in Iraq. After serving four combat tours and earning a Ph.D. in philosophy, Fishback died last month in a nursing home. He was 42.

(Image credit: New America/Flickr)

The bodybuilder won the Mr. America and Mr. Universe pageants in the 1960s and inspired one fan who went on to become the governor of California.

(Image credit: MPTV vias Reuters)

The strike was one of several recent labor actions in the U.S. Workers everywhere from John Deere to McDonald's to the mining company Warrior Met Coal have walked off the job this year.

(Image credit: Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)

NASA's TESS telescope finds a small, iron-rich planet which could help explain the origins of Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system

(Image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center)

The McCallister family home will be available to rent on Airbnb later this month. The overnight stay will include junk food, booby traps and "ample opportunity to scream into the mirror."

(Image credit: Sarah Crowley/Airbnb)

In his first interview since the shooting, the actor breaks down as he remembers the victim Halyna Hutchins.

(Image credit: Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Jason Meade, the white Ohio sheriff's deputy fatally shot Goodson, who was Black, in an encounter that led to racial justice protests. Goodson's family has filed a federal civil rights suit.

(Image credit: Doral Chenoweth/AP)

Susan Arnold has been elected as chairman of the Walt Disney Co. Arnold will be the first woman to hold the position at Disney.

(Image credit: Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images)

Adults "can see us as serious or they can see us as a joke," one of the kids says. "A lawsuit is not a joke," her brother adds. The European Court of Human Rights has fast-tracked their 2020 lawsuit.

(Image credit: Claire Harbage/NPR)