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New York City has put some areas back into lockdown after a spike in coronavirus infections. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Jane Diina, a Brooklyn mother of two.

Deaths from COVID-19 have jumped nearly 40% this week, and hospitals around the country are straining under their patient load. Here's what happened in the first week after Thanksgiving.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to NPR's Kelsey Snell and Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine about the Senate impeachment trial, and the other business the Senate is juggling.

GameStop has seen its stock soar, driven higher by a group of amateur day traders on Reddit, who are taking on Wall Street hedge funds. The frenzy has gotten the attention of regulators and lawmakers.

Many quarantined Americans are cooking like crazy — but what if you're clueless in the kitchen? Chef Amanda Freitag has some tips on pantry stocking, alternative spicing and ingredient substitutions.

Fiery singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor became a star in the MTV era, rewriting the rules while courting controversy. Now, she reclaims an influential legacy with a new memoir, Rememberings.

The state's GOP lawmakers want to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to include a voter ID requirement — a process that requires victory on a statewide ballot measure.

"If we didn't lead this fight, nobody would," says a Beirut resident whose 3-year-old daughter was among the 217 killed in the blast. An official investigation has stalled. No one has been prosecuted.

AAA predicts nearly 2.2 million Floridians will travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend. That’s an 8.3% increase over 2021, bringing travel volumes almost in line with those from 2017.

The second floor of the Longworth congressional office building is taking holiday decorations to a whole new level.

Cuba says the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. is gathering its own information.

As the war with Iran intensifies, Trump is demanding that allies help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz. And, a federal judge halts RFK Jr.'s changes to children's vaccine policies.

Trump escalates pressure on Venezuela by authorizing covert CIA operations. And, a federal judge halts the Trump administration's shutdown layoffs.

Gordon Sondland, the U.S. envoy to the European Union, revised his previous testimony. His earlier deposition was contradicted by other witnesses. A full transcript has now been released.

The last couple of weeks have been dominated by the congressional impeachment inquiry into President Trump. But Democratic presidential candidates will take center stage again this week.

Impeachment is clearly shaping up to be a partisan affair, and there was a new witness who said he overheard the president inquiring about how the prospect for "investigations" in Ukraine was going.

Twisters touched down across the Southeast. Heavy snow and rains toppled trees and power lines. At least six deaths are being attributed to the massive system's effects. Now, it's hitting the Northeast. Hundreds of flights have been canceled. Drivers are being warned to stay off many roads.

Barber has been compared to Martin Luther King Jr. He has revived the 1968 Poor People's Campaign while continuing to minister to his small town congregation.

Two parents of Parkland shooting victims have launched formidable campaigns for the Broward County school board, and their efforts to overhaul the…

Perhaps more than any other state in the last decade, Georgia has put new restrictions on voting, which became a central issue in the recently concluded governor's race.