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In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti is proposing free public transit fares for students and lower-income residents.

Now that people are beginning to dine out again, many restaurants are chronically short-staffed and have trouble hiring. Many laid-off workers have found other jobs or don't want to return.

The U.S. and China are seen as the main threats to world peace in a new survey of international public opinion, but views of the U.S. are improving since President Biden's election

In a small town in New Jersey, there is a deli. Just a little sandwich shop. But according to the stock market, this one deli is worth roughly $100 million. What's going on?

Fifteen Oregon counties are designated "extreme risk" for COVID-19 due to high infection rates. Rural Linn County's public health office is working to convince people there to get vaccinated.

Researchers are exploring a mix-and-match strategy for vaccinating people against COVID-19. That means using two different kinds of vaccines instead of the same brand of vaccine twice.

More than a year after the pandemic seriously curtailed leisure air travel, airlines are focusing on the pent up demand for vacations. To lure vacationers, airlines are launching new routes.

NPR's Noel King talks to Meghan Hughes, president of the Community College of Rhode Island, about the state's Promise program that offers recent high school graduates two years of free tuition.

A Belgian farmer on his tractor moved a giant stone out of his way, but it marked the Belgian-French border. The Belgian town of Erquelinnes grew by almost 8 feet. The stone will be put back.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says that while confidence in COVID-19 vaccines has risen, there's more work to do in convincing people, especially in rural communities, to get the shots.