A new way to talk about abortion? In Maine, using deep conversation to reach voters
Is it possible to have calm, in-depth discussions about a fraught issue like abortion? Maine's Planned Parenthood thinks so, and is using "deep canvassing" to garner support without confrontation.

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A millipede with 1,300 legs has been found in Australia. It's a new record by far
Entomologists discovered a new species far underground. Despite millipede meaning "a thousand feet," it's the first to have more than 750.

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There's a warrant for Alec Baldwin's phone over the Rust shooting
Authorities say the phone could hold evidence that might be helpful as they investigate a deadly shooting on a New Mexico film set. Baldwin was holding a revolver during rehearsal when it fired.

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Roger Stone appears before Jan. 6 panel and pleads the Fifth
The panel said Stone participated in "Stop the Steal" efforts related to the 2020 election. The political operative said he knows "nothing whatsoever about the illegal events that day."

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Lead pipes have contaminated water for decades. Biden's new plan will replace them
The White House released an action plan to replace lead pipes and lead paint in the U.S. within the next decade. Lead contamination is known to have detrimental effects on the brain and kidneys.

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This new space telescope should reveal what the universe looked like as a baby
The upcoming launch of NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope should let astronomers see what some of the universe's first stars and galaxies looked like soon after the Big Bang.

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The Jaguars fire Urban Meyer, after a former player says the coach kicked him
Josh Lambo, the Jaguars' former placekicker, went public with the latest in a string of stories that have depicted Meyer as disrespectful and abusive to his players and staff.

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A Texas oil company is indicted over a Southern California oil spill
U.S. prosecutors said the company and its rig operators were negligent, including failing to respond to eight leak detection system alarms that should have alerted them to the spill.

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Chicago Blackhawks settle with a former player who says he was sexually assaulted
Kyle Beach said the organization mishandled his sexual assault allegations. He came forward publicly in October as the man behind the lawsuit.

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Vaccine skeptics in Eastern Europe are having a change of heart
With surging coronavirus infections and countries making it more difficult for the unvacccinated to travel, some vaccine skeptics are now coming around.

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The White House aims to boost the ranks of the pandemic-strained trucking industry
The plan is part of the Biden administration's efforts to improve the nation's ongoing supply chain issues.

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As omicron spreads, health experts push for mask mandates. But few states have one
Just 10 states have active mask mandates, despite the fact that omicron is moving in on the U.S. fast. Despite their political unpopularity, research shows masks still work and could save lives.

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Powerful typhoon hits Philippines, nearly 100,000 evacuated
A powerful typhoon slammed into the southeastern Philippines on Thursday, prompting the evacuation of nearly 100,000 people. Officials say 10,000 villages lie in the projected path of the typhoon.

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Omicron spreads faster than any other variant, WHO says. It's now in 77 countries
"Omicron is spreading at a rate we have not seen with any previous variant," says WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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A leader of an Ohio Muslim organization was fired for spying for a hate group
The Columbus chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations fired its Executive and Legal Director Romin Iqbal after it discovered he was passing information to a "known anti-Muslim hate group."

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Santa Claus is coming to town and he's busier than ever
Santa Claus performers are working from dawn to late in the evening as they try to meet the pent-up demand for appearances, while dealing with retirements and deaths among their ranks.

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800,000 Americans have died of COVID. Now the U.S. braces for an omicron-fueled spike
The U.S. also surpassed 50 million COVID-19 cases, the most in the world. Two experts who raised early warnings discuss how the losses continue to deepen, despite the arrival of vaccines a year ago.

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Where are the students? For a second straight year, school enrollment is dropping
The declines many school districts reported last year have continued, an NPR investigation finds. What educators don't know is where those students have gone.

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Volunteers are growing oyster gardens to help restore reefs
There are more than 1,000 oyster gardens in the coastal waters of Maryland, Virginia, Mississippi and Alabama as volunteers try to restore a keystone of coastal ecosystems.

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A Black Chicago woman handcuffed in the nude in a wrongful raid to get $2.9 million
Lawmakers vote on the payout on Wednesday, years after the "horrific video" of Anjanette Young triggered a slew of policy changes in the way the police department conducts search warrants.

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