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A Southwest Airlines plane in November. A flight attendant for Southwest was allegedly struck by a passenger and lost two teeth in the latest in a rash of violent attacks on planes.

The FAA Has Seen A 'Significantly Higher' Number Of Unruly Passenger Reports In 2021

After a flight attendant lost two teeth during an attack by a customer, Southwest Airlines decided to delay its return to serving passengers alcohol.

A photo taken on Sunday shows a Ryanair passenger plane that was intercepted and diverted to Minsk by Belarus authorities. Minsk diverted the flight so that it could arrest opposition activist Roman Protasevich.

White House Slaps Sanctions On Belarus Following Brazen Arrest Of Opposition Figure

The sanctions follow the nation's forced landing of a Ryanair commercial flight and the subsequent removal and arrest of opposition journalist Roman Protasevich.

President Jimmy Carter signs emergency natural gas legislation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 2, 1977. An oil crisis contributed to a period of double-digit inflation in the 1970s.

Think Inflation Is Bad Now? Let's Take A Step Back To The 1970s

Prices are jumping as the economy rebounds from the pandemic, but the Biden Administration and the Federal Reserve say a return to 1970s-style inflation is unlikely.

Amid Growing Anti-Asian Racism, A Call For More Research Into Its Health Effects

Many Asian Americans live daily with the corrosive effects of racism and racialized violence, yet there's very little research funded on Asian American health.

How To Be A Citizen: The Role Of Protest

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with three activists — Medea Benjamin, DeRay Mckesson and Rev. Rob Schenck — about their involvement in protest movements.

Retired Gen. Colin Powell greets one of the original members of the first all-Black 2nd Army Ranger Infantry Company elite force, at the National Memorial Day Concert broadcast on Sunday.

Vietnam War Nurses, Gold Star Families Honored In PBS Memorial Day Event

The National Memorial Day Concert broadcast online on Sunday honored fallen and overlooked heroes in uniform, with the help of noted actors who gave emotional monologues.

Ohio High On The List Of Humane Society's Horrible Hundred Report

The Humane Society of the United States has released its annual Horrible Hundred report of problem puppy mills and Ohio is the third largest seller on the…

Allowing couples in China to have up to three children rather than two will help the country counteract a population that's shifting towards the elderly, the government says.

Confronted By Aging Population China Allows Couples To Have 3 Children

Facing a declining birthrate, China will allow married couples to have up to three children. This raises the previous ceiling of two children.

President Joe Biden speaks during the National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery Monday. His budget proposal drops a decades-long ban on public funding for abortion.

Biden's Budget Proposal Reverses A Decades-Long Ban On Abortion Funding

Biden's budget follows through on a campaign promise to overturn the Hyde Amendment, a longstanding ban on federal funding for most abortions. It's not clear the change will be approved by Congress.

John Rogers, co-CEO of Ariel Investments, stands for a Bloomberg Television spot in Atlantic City, N.J., July 22, 2013. Rogers tells NPR about the emotional and financial impact the Tulsa riots had on his family.

How Tulsa Race Massacre Shaped Today's Most Successful Black CEOs

Ariel Investments CEO John Rogers, TIAA CEO Thasunda Duckett, and former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault reflect on what the Tulsa events a century ago has meant to them.

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