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Software engineer Jack Wardle created the game Wordle as a little side project for him and his partner to enjoy. Over the last few months it's gotten hugely popular.

Nottage, the only woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice, has a new play on Broadway, an opera at Lincoln Center Theater and a Michael Jackson musical opening soon.

Researchers say signs are emerging that the omicron surge may have begun to peak in some parts of the country, and could peak nationally quickly. Others are more cautious.

Vaneet Arora, Associate Director - Clinical Microbiology in the UK College of Medicine shares the latest info on the omicron variant of COVID-19 and talks about UK and the University of Louisville’s participation in a public health study funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, looking at genomic surveillance of the virus via wastewater sampling.

The raptor has been making the most of its southern sojourn, with stops at Union Station and the National Postal Museum. It's also been sampling the local cuisine — notably D.C.'s rat population.

A Canadian woman found soybean husks on her car, sidewalk and street. A soy processing plant in Hamilton, Ontario, accidentally blew the husks into the air after a factory malfunction.

The former president blasted Republicans who have crossed him and kept up repeated election lies in an NPR interview.

With many teachers out sick with COVID-19, schools are scrambling to find substitute teachers. Texas schools are having to get creative so that students can continue going to in-person classes.

Some infectious disease experts think there may be something of a silver lining with the omicron surge. It may leave a blanket of enhanced immunity that leaves the virus easier to live with.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Maggy Krell, an ex-California state prosecutor, about her book, Taking Down Backpage: Fighting The World's Largest Sex Trafficker.