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Research in recent years has pointed to more incidents of clear-air turbulence in the jet stream brought on by rising temperatures. Airline crews and passengers are feeling the effects firsthand.

A young grad student worked out a way to pay for life-changing gender-confirmation surgery. But she still had to fight to resolve a billing discrepancy that ran into the tens of thousands of dollars.

Taryn Smith, a 26-year-old TikToker, was in the shower when she had a funny thought: What if she died in a chicken suit? What happened next represents the way we use social media to mourn.

The U.S. and Iraq are negotiating an arrangement that would permit U.S. forces to continue to operate in Iraq for many years — possibly decades. Critics says the Bush and Maliki governments are colluding on a deal that would require no legislative approval.

NPR's A Martínez visits Georgia to see the problems some Americans have accessing healthcare and to hear from providers about what they need to fix it.

The government in Nigeria is warning about the health risks of skin lightening, where potent chemicals can thin and damage skin. It's a booming business in that country and others.

In the new romantic comedy, "A Nice Indian Boy," a son brings home his new boyfriend to meet his Indian parents. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to writer-director Roshan Sethi.

The Trump administration urges schools to reopen in the fall. Immigration and Customs Enforcement rules say international students can't stay in the U.S. if their schools are entirely online.

NPR's Ari Shapiro checks in with parents Alex Spektor and Irma Nuñez on the first birthday of their twin boys who were evacuated as newborns from Ukraine in the early days of the war.

The World Health Organization predicts "a tsunami of cases" as the omicron variant fuels a surge of COVID infections. More than a million cases a being reported globally every day around the world.