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A report based on new CDC data showed 16 states now report obesity rates of 35% or higher. That increased by four states in just a year. And those rates are rising faster among racial minorities.

Lofty rhetoric about multilateralism is meeting the hard reality for President Biden at the UN General Assembly as he tries to smooth over a dispute with America's oldest ally, France.

The European Court of Human Rights says Russia's government is responsible for the 2006 killing in London of Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB agent turned exiled dissident.

Sarah Dash, the co-founder of the female singing group Labelle, best known for their 1974 hit "Lady Marmalade," died Monday. Patti LaBelle announced her longtime friend's death on social media.

Election season is in full swing to pick the next leader of Japan. Taro Kono is considered a maverick — a surprising change for a country that's been ruled by the same party for decades.

Seen as more convenient than voting in person and more efficient than voting by mail, ballot drop boxes were used more than ever in 2020. Now, drop boxes are facing backlash in some Republican states.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on an elementary school volunteer who's become very involved in student's lives. Diane Mintz started out as a ready tutor, but now she's paying for meals, dental work, and eyeglasses for needy students at Coronado Elementary in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mintz even helped raised enough money this summer to send dozens of kids to camp.

As of this week, the 41 residents of the small town of Libby Creek in Washington State have telephone service for the first time. Until now, they've had to rely on cell phones, but the Cascades Mountains have interfered with reception.

NPR's Brian Naylor talks to two House members who came to Washington as House revolutionaries -- and who are leaving, as promised, after three terms, honoring their campaign pledge.

The presidential campaign took a turn for the ugly today, as the two campaigns swapped charges and ads. Republican George Bush accused Democrat Al Gore of "changing his tune" on Hollywood and having a tendency to "make up facts." The Gore campaign fired back with an ad accusing Bush of making up his facts of his own in a negative television ad. NPR's Andy Bowers is in Sunnyvale, California, where Gore today talked about his plan for making prescription drugs more affordable.