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The Biden administration says Americans will be able to order COVID-19 tests online starting Wednesday. Those who are eligible can get eight free over-the-counter at-home tests a month.

President Obama is scheduled to make remarks about guns in Denver on Wednesday. Colorado has stepped up on both background checks and limits on ammunition magazines, and Democrats there fear backlash next year.

Asked about the sexual harassment allegations roiling Hollywood, the actor offered a blunt assessment: There are some in power who "think it's OK to manipulate those under them in a sexual manner."

The portrait of Jesus Christ, Salvator Mundi, was recently confirmed to be a da Vinci that had been thought to be destroyed. It's not clear where the painting was, exactly, for more than a century.

Another mass shooting and lawmakers talk tough about gun safety — yet possibly getting nothing done. As some in Congress try to find common ground on background checks, can this time be different?

America's oldest trees store vast amounts of carbon. Counting them is the first step to preserving them, says the Biden administration.

The FBI has been tracking Hezbollah fundraising in the United States for years. But there is debate within law enforcement circles over whether the group would launch attacks on U.S. soil.

Callers spooked by reports that the government is assembling a massive database of telephone conversations are exploring ways to secure their privacy. For the privacy-obsessed, a prepaid cell phone and paying with cash are just the start.

More than a dozen rural communities have invested in co-operative groceries and department stores to fill gaps left by the absence of chain outfits. NPR's Howard Berkes examines examples like The Merc in Powell, Wyo., and the Wolf Den market in Arthur, Neb.

Roughly 8 percent of the 741,000 Mexicans caught entering the United States each year give up trying to enter, according to a new study. Wayne Cornelius, the director of the UC San Diego Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, discusses the study by the Pew Hispanic Center on unauthorized migrants in the United States.