NPR Headline News

How much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College is determined through a little-known, once-a-decade process based on the census.

(Image credit: Connie Hanzhang Jin/NPR)

Today's boycotts aren't coming out of nowhere. Here's a look at some prominent examples in history and how boycotts got started.

(Image credit: Jeff Amy/AP)

Boehner was the Republican speaker of the House during much of the Obama presidency. His new memoir recounts his time leading House Republicans — even if that meant doing things he personally opposed.

(Image credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Matsuyama entered the tournament ranked 25th in the world and emerged as the first Japanese person to win a golf major.

(Image credit: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Experts predict the eruption will last for days, even weeks, similar to the deadly 1902 eruption. Officials are pleading people to seek safety as rescuers search out those who have yet to evacuate.

(Image credit: Chris Brandis/AP)

At least 82 people were killed in the city of Bago on Friday during a military crackdown against opposition.

(Image credit: Stringer/AFP via Getty Images)

Lt. Caron Nazario told the two Windsor police officers he was afraid to get out of the car after how belligerently he was being treated. Officer Joe Gutierrez responded: "Yeah, you should be."

(Image credit: NPR screenshot/Windsor Police Department body camera footage)

Lt. Caron Nazario was knocked to the ground and handcuffed by two Windsor officers after a traffic stop, multiple videos show. The officer who pepper-sprayed Nazario was terminated by the department.

(Image credit: NPR screenshot/Windsor Police Department body camera footage)

Amid unrest at local jails, surging gun violence and a pandemic that has disproportionately hurt people of color, Tishaura Jones says: "We are done avoiding race and how it holds this region back."

(Image credit: Jeff Roberson/AP)

Denmark says security in Syria has improved enough for some refugees to go back. "The words 'to send us back to Syria' means to destroy our lives," says a Syrian whose residence permit was revoked.

(Image credit: Sidsel Overgaard)

The deal means both companies will be able to produce lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles at a time when President Biden hopes to boost support for the industry as part of his climate plan.

(Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Just over a year after police officers shot and killed Taylor in her home, the Speed Art Museum has opened a show in her memory. "To see it all come together is just a blessing," says Taylor's mother.

(Image credit: Joseph Hyde/© Amy Sherald. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth)

They're majestic. They're neglected. And now they're slowly being fixed up. Conservationists are preserving them — and officials hope the fountains will supply free water for the city's impoverished.

(Image credit: Viraj Nayar for NPR)

Richard Thompson, a British musician who somehow avoided pop stardom throughout his career, has just written about his early days in a new memoir called Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice.

(Image credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

Iran's underground Natanz nuclear facility lost power Sunday just hours after starting up new advanced centrifuges capable of enriching uranium faster.

(Image credit: Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Janelle Jones is the first Black woman to serve as chief economist at the Labor Department. She says helping marginalized groups boosts the entire economy.

(Image credit: Janelle Jones)

More campuses are expected to add the requirement, with potential legal challenges ahead. One key point: Requiring vaccines for infectious diseases is nothing new for many residential colleges.

(Image credit: Susan Haejin Lee for NPR)

A comprehensive package of police reform measures cleared the state's General Assembly on Wednesday, including the repeal of police job protections long cited as a barricade to accountability.

(Image credit: Julio Cortez/AP)

A 30-year-old woman is in custody after police found her three children dead in their Reseda home.

(Image credit: Damian Dovarganes/AP)

The ongoing eruption at La Soufrière on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent is expected to be as big, if not bigger, than the last time it had a major eruption in 1979.

(Image credit: Zen Punnett/AFP via Getty Images)