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Frustration is growing among people who depend on public transportation as employees quit and agencies make major cuts. In St. Louis, Mo., a transit agency is losing far more operators than usual.

There are lots of grants and proposals promising to help rural America. But the definition of "rural" isn't always clear, and where a town falls in the pecking order can decide its access to funds.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with CBS photojournalist John Schreiber about the thousands of abandoned packages along the Union Pacific train tracks in Los Angeles, signaling large-scale cargo theft.

Critics say the Chinese government is targeting Hong Kong's free press. The Hong Kong Journalists' Association is trying to protect freedom of the press, but it's unclear how much longer it can do so.

Some countries around the globe are still struggling to get people vaccinated. Dozens of countries still haven't gotten 10% of their populations vaccinated.

As Europe strives to curb greenhouse gas emissions, France is expanding nuclear power — setting itself at odds with Germany over what constitutes clean energy.

As Europe strives to curb carbon emissions, Germany and France are at odds over whether nuclear power is clean. German public opinion has forced the closure of nuclear plants as France forges ahead.

Ongoing fights for voting rights and racial justice have sparked a reckoning over how Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is often invoked in that work.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mubin Shaikh, counter extremism specialist and public safety professor at Canada's Seneca College, on Aafia Siddiqui's influence in the recent Texas hostage crisis.

Thanks to advances in artificial intelligence, it's never been easier or more affordable to make a perfect facsimile of a human voice: a celebrity, a world leader or even a public-radio reporter.