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Japan's parliament picked former top diplomat Fumio Kishida as its new Prime Minister Monday. Kishida, seen as a moderate, faces a raft of political and economic challenges.

The COVID surge is ebbing though deaths remain high. Meanwhile, the FDA has set a date to review data on vaccines for kids under 12 and the NIH has launched long-hauler study.

KPBS' Steve Walsh reports on the mental health struggles veterans face and the lack of support they receive from the military.

If some of the justices greet the new term with great anticipation for a new conservative legal era, others likely are facing the term with dread.

An oil spill in Southern California has authorities scrambling. A pipeline connected of an offshore oil platform released more than 3,000 barrels of crude into the ocean near Orange County.

Two scientists who helped explain how we sense temperature and touch have received the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. Their research could lead to new pain treatments.

Some Kentucky hospitals have been over capacity with COVID patients for nearly two months and are getting help from the National Guard. The governor expects them to stay full for another month.

Linda talks with Nate Thayer, the southeast Asia correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Reivew, about the death of Pol Pot, who was once the leader of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Thayer interviewed Pol Pot in October and saw his body today in the jungles of north Cambodia. Thayer says even though Pol Pot has not been in power for two decades, many other Khmer Rouge leaders now still hold power in Cambodia.

NPR's Ted Clark reports the death of Pol Pot does not close the book on the Khmer Rouge's crimes against humanity. U.S. officials still seek to bring to justice many of Pol Pot's lieutenants who were eager and willing participants in the brutal genocide that their movement orchestrated.

A new study released today reports growing violence on television. The 3-year National Television Violence Study was conducted by researchers from four universities. They found two thirds of the network prime time and cable programs monitored in June 1997 contained physical violence. In comparison, half the programs monitored in October 1994 were considered violent. The study also concluded that the current TV rating system is an inadequate way to inform parents about television violence. NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports.