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The federal government has been sharply criticized for its slow response to the viral disease COVID-19, particularly when it comes to testing.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with historian Jules Gill-Peterson about the history of trans children in medicine and why the current slate of local anti-trans legislation is focused on minors.

More than 14 million people have been displaced by the war in Ukraine. One shelter in the western city of Lviv has helped thousands of women and children. It now has only about 100 occupants left.

Iraq's Shiite Muslims are outraged by Wednesday's attack on one of their holiest shrines, north of Baghdad. Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Anne Garrels, who assesses the mood in Najaf, the seat of the Shiite clerical establishment.

John Earle has turned what began as a joke into a thriving business on Boston's hip Newbury Street. His cupcake-themed T-shirts, at $40 to $70 each, are a lesson in the power of viral marketing and brand building.

An unabated economic crisis in Lebanon is crushing the middle class. A look at how people there are coping ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lost his parliamentary majority, setting the stage for Israel's fifth election in just over three years. Elections are likely to take place in October.

In eastern Kentucky, search and rescue crews continue the painstaking job of looking for victims of flash flooding. More than three dozen people have died and the death toll is expected to go higher.

At least 25 people have died after flash flooding in eastern Kentucky. Relief workers are racing to help the survivors.

Somalia faces a major food crisis and the U.N. warns parts of the country could be in a full famine by April. The crisis is driven by a prolonged drought, terror attacks and a spike in food prices.