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Cristiana Chamorro, pre-presidential candidate, gives a press conference in Nicaragua's capital, Managua, in May after the detention of two of her former employees by the national police and their retention for 90 days for alleged laundering of assets.

Police In Nicaragua Detain Opposition Figure At Her Home Following A Raid

Federal prosecutors are requesting that Cristiana Chamorro be disqualified from running for president due to accusations that she was involved in money laundering.

Millions Of Women Haven't Rejoined The Workforce — And May Not Anytime Soon

Millions of women who lost their jobs in the pandemic have yet to return to work, even though the economy has improved. What's keeping them back is a mix of factors that may not be resolved quickly.

Curled heads of wheat show the drought damage on Nicole Berg's ranch in southeast Washington state.

Farmers Are Feeling The Pain As Drought Spreads In The Northwest

It's as dry as it's been in a century in parts of Washington and Oregon. Some farmers are watching their crops fail, while others are selling cattle because they don't have the grass to feed it.

Delta Health Center, in rural northwest Mississippi, was founded in the 1960s and is one of the country's first community health centers. Delta's leaders say community health centers all over the U.S. are trusted institutions which can help distribute COVID-19 vaccines.

With Roots In Civil Rights, Community Health Centers Push For Equity In The Pandemic

A federally-funded clinic in rural Mississippi embodies the history of community health centers in the U.S., and shows how these safety-net clinics can help minority patients during the pandemic.

Environmental Disaster Fears Grow As Chemical-Laden Ship Starts Sinking

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to journalist Omar Rajarathnam about the cargo ship sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka, sparking fears of an environmental disaster.

Biden Makes A Big Push To Get More People Vaccinated This Month

The Biden administration aims to boost the flagging COVID-19 vaccination rate, so the country can reach the president's goal of getting at least one shot to 70% of adults by July 4.

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, sworn in last week as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, says she will focus on improving Americans' access to health care. Any discussions of shoring up Medicare funding, she says, should also entail strengthening the program's benefits.

Expanding Health Coverage Is Top Priority For New Head Of Medicare/Medicaid

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the new head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, says she'll focus her time in charge on getting more Americans insured.

"This is a preventative measure for us," state Rep. Travis Clardy says of the Republican-backed Senate Bill 7, which sought to tighten voting rules, citing a need to prevent fraud. Here, opponents of the bill hold a rally last month at the Texas Capitol in Austin.

Here Are The Texas GOP's Reasons For Voting Restrictions — And Why Critics Disagree

Republicans have produced few examples of fraud — and they're seen as out of proportion to sweeping changes that seek to reshape the way many Texans vote.

As NPR Celebrates 5 Decades, A Look Back On Rolling Stones' 'Sticky Fingers'

In 1971, the Rolling Stones released what's considered one of their best albums: Sticky Fingers. The album is now seen as one of the towering achievements in the Rolling Stones discography.

Scientists from NOAA Fisheries Service approach a young North Atlantic right whale in order to disentangle it. New research shows whales with severe entanglements in rope and fishing gear are experiencing stunted growth, and body lengths have been decreasing since 1981.

Endangered Right Whales Are Shrinking. Scientists Blame Commercial Fishing Gear

A new study concludes that endangered right whales born today will end up smaller than adult whales in the past. Researchers say stress from getting caught in fishing gear stunts the mammals' growth

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