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Canada's prime minister has introduced gun-control legislation that would freeze new handgun purchases, and introduce a mandatory buyback program for some assault-style weapons.

Elon Musk hasn't hidden his distaste for the Securities and Exchange Commission. The agency he scorns is now scrutinizing his bid to buy Twitter.

As the largest wildfire in New Mexico's history continues to grow, efforts to prevent mudslides and protect drinking water are underway.

NPR's Lelia Fadel talks to trauma surgeon Amy Goldberg, who says Americans are so desensitized to gun violence that the only way to cut through partisanship is to look at graphic photos of victims.

Crushed by COVID-19 lockdowns and hemmed in by stricter political controls, more Chinese citizens are exploring options to leave China altogether.

The European Union embargo covers only Russian oil brought in by sea — allowing a temporary exemption for imports delivered by pipeline.

Next month it will be 50 years since Sally Priesand was ordained as the nation's first female rabbi. Today, about 1,000 women rabbis have changed the course of American Judaism.

Vsevolod Kozhemyako, one of Ukraine's wealthiest men, has set up his own battalion to fight Russian forces. He funds, trains and leads a light infantry unit on the front lines.

European leaders agree to ban most Russian oil imports. Families prepare to bury their children in Uvalde. A new maximum security prison in Illinois has become one of the deadliest in the U.S.

Preventive care, like screening colonoscopies, is supposed to be free of charge to patients under the Affordable Care Act. But some hospitals haven't gotten the memo.