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NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Elisa Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, about the latest monthly jobs report published Friday.

Lionel Tate is back in jail for allegedly holding up a pizza deliveryman. The 18-year-old Florida youth was the youngest person to be sent to prison for life in U.S. history. At age 12, he was accused of murdering his 6-year-old neighbor and friend Tiffany Eunick when he claimed he was demonstrating wrestling moves. Ed Gordon talks with Sgt. DeLacy Davis, a mentor and one of several supporters that put together a "re-entry into society plan" for Tate.

The White House has requested $22.5 billion in additional COVID relief, but 35 GOP senators warned they won't support more until Biden provides an accounting of trillions in prior relief spending.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., about the move to impeach President Trump again after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

NPR has learned that Pfizer and BioNtech have gathered additional data that the companies say strengthen their case for authorizing the COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than age five.

The satellite image lends credence to the idea that Russia may have exposed its troops to unhealthy levels of radioactivity.

The World Health Organization has verified 43 attacks on health care in the three weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, and says hundreds of facilities remain at risk.

The Fed is likely to raise interest rates by a half-percentage point Wednesday, in an effort to crack down on inflation. It's the first rate hike of that size in more than two decades.

Forecasts of snow and ice as far south as Georgia have put a big part of the region on an emergency preparedness footing as shoppers scoured store shelves and crews raced to treat highways and roads.

The good news is that air travel to and from Venezuela is dirt cheap due to the difference between the official cost of tickets and the black-market currency rate. The bad news is that many flights are booked up months in advance.