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A lack of dockworkers at shipping ports and a shortage of drivers is creating a boba backlog in the U.S., according to a nationwide supplier of bubble tea products.

Boba Shortage Could Stretch Into Summer, Leave Businesses In A Bind

What's bubble tea without boba? Americans are starting to find out. A backlog at shipping docks is stalling the arrival of the popular chewy pearls at tea shops across the country.

State Sen. Troy Carter won Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District seat which was vacated by Cedric Richmond after he left to be part of President Biden's administration.

Democrat Troy Carter Wins New Orleans-Based U.S. House Seat

Carter defeated fellow Democrat Karen Carter Peterson in the special election for Louisiana's only Democrat-held seat in Congress after Peterson planted herself firmly in the progressive camp.

Lisa Przekop, director of admissions at University of California, Santa Barbara, says that many high schoolers this year wrote their application essays about depression and anxiety during the pandemic.

How The Pandemic Changed The College Admissions Selection Process This Year

Colleges around the country faced an admissions season marked by pandemic-era challenges: dropped testing requirements, remote learning, disrupted extracurriculars and record applicant pools.

A child wearing a mask sits on his father's shoulder on May 24, 2020, in New York City. Dr. Jose Romero suggests that taking toddlers into the public is a risk.

Pediatricians Weigh In On What's Safe And Not Safe For Unvaccinated Children

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with pediatricians Nia Heard-Garris of Northwestern University and Jose Romero, Arkansas secretary of health, about what's safe and not safe to do with unvaccinated children.

Presidential Race Looming, France's Regional Elections Will Show Status Of Parties

Regional elections in France this June will indicate the relative strength of the country's political parties ahead of next year's presidential election. The far right appears to be gaining.

Rise Of Recommendation Systems: How Machines Figure Out The Things We Want

Recommendations we get from websites about what to buy are often powered by an algorithm known as collaborative filtering. We trace this technology back to one person trying to declutter his inbox.

Annemiek Van Vleuten, left, and Anna Van Der Breggen are among the elite cyclists who are expected to race in next summer's Tour de France Femmes, a one-week race for women.

Women Will Race In Their Own Tour De France Next Summer

Noting the Tour's status as the world's marquee cycling event, pro cyclist Anna van der Breggen says, "It's long been a dream for many of us to compete in a women's Tour de France."

Chinese astronauts, from left, Tang Hongbo, Nie Haisheng, and Liu Boming wave as they prepare to board for liftoff Thursday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwestern China. China plans to launch three astronauts onboard the Shenzhou-12 spaceship who will be the first crew members to live on China's new orbiting space station Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony.

China Launches First Crew To Live On New Space Station

The three astronauts who blasted off Thursday from the Jiuquan launch center in northwestern China will stay three months in the Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony.

Skeptics Doubt That An Ohio Company Can Bring Electric Truck To Market

Lordstown Motors doesn't have enough cash on hand to produce its long-promised electric pickups. And this week it admitted it exaggerated its preorders, and its CEO and CFO stepped down.

Former Hacker Sheds Light On How Cyber Criminals Operate

Hackers in Russia are responsible for recent ransomware attacks. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to threat intelligence analyst Dmitry Smilyanets about cyber criminals.

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