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Despite Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's publicized shot with an Iranian-made vaccine, few citizens have been able to get inoculated in the country hardest hit by the coronavirus in the Middle East.

A new Apple TV+ show, The Shrink Next Door, seems to reflect a trend of non-Jewish actors playing emphatically Jewish characters, which recently caught the ire of comedian Sarah Silverman.

The businessman, the first Republican to hold the office in nearly a decade, took the oath alongside Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears. The pair surprised Democrats when they swept office in November.

As coronavirus cases and pediatric hospitalizations surge in the U.S., the majority of U.S. schools are staying open for in-person learning.

NPR's Bob Mondello reviews Murderball, a new documentary about the U.S. Paralympic Rugby team. The film offers a honest and raw look at the fierce -- and inspiring -- group of disabled competitors.

In a new survey, both liberals and conservatives agreed violent protests are sometimes justifiable. Republicans were twice as likely as Democrats to say violence is justified "right now."

Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz checks back in with the winner of the last round of Three-Minute Fiction, Carrie MacKillop of Charlotte, Vt. Round 9 of the writing contest has begun and runs through next Sunday. Listeners can submit their story online at www.npr.org/threeminutefiction.

Holiday pleasures We Bought a Zoo and The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn are pure entertainments — not high art, but solid family films that just want to show an audience a good time.

As they count down the hours to the highly anticipated launch of NASA's powerful, $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers hope for the best while fearing the worst.

Los Angeles police fatally shot a 14-year-old girl in a clothing store dressing room Thursday as officers fired on an assault suspect and a bullet pierced a wall and struck the girl, authorities say.