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On Wednesday, the crew of NASA's Artemis II could blast off on a mission around the moon and back. No astronaut has ventured out to the moon since the 1970s.

Three months after Nicolás Maduro's capture, Venezuelans are daring to hope again — even as the hardest part may still lie ahead.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with ex-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel about a Washington Post op-ed, signed by all former living Pentagon chiefs, urging an easy transition to the Biden administration.

Kaiser Health News editor Matt Volz reflects on his family's four quarantines in two months as he and other parents wait for the FDA to approve the COVID-19 vaccine for children under 12.

The Biden administration is encouraging U.S. oil companies to increase their production to help curb record-high gasoline prices. Turns out, however, that boosting output is easier said than done.

Checkpoints have sprung up across Ukraine since Russia's invasion. Men at a checkpoint near Lviv have Molotov cocktails ready. Even hundreds of miles from the battles, the war hangs over everything.

The FBI this week may release some of the evidence against Bruce Ivins, a U.S. government researcher who was under investigation for the anthrax attacks of 2001. He killed himself last week. Investigators have told NPR they were still several major legal steps away from an indictment.

During a confirmation hearing, senators asked Dr. Casey Means about her current positions and her past statements on a range of public health issues.

Movie theaters, museums and other cultural sites throughout Italy are closed until next month. Meanwhile, a stranded cruise ship off California with infected passengers is finally allowed to dock.

Lawmakers and government agencies say the attack exposes vulnerabilities in the social network's systems that could be exploited to spread disinformation.