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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's independent vaccine advisory committee votes on Tuesday to determine who should get a coron...

The number of international students studying in the U.S. has plummeted 16% this year. Some experts worry it may affect higher education in...

Hospitals across the U.S. are struggling as workers contract the coronavirus. It's especially tough for rural hospitals, where even one doct...

The national moratorium on evictions expires on Wednesday. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with researcher Kathryn Leifheit, who linked evicti...

The U.N.'s World Food Program reports that half of Syria's population has trouble getting food. Syrians say hours-long bread lines sometimes...

In Iraq, six years after the ISIS genocide against the Yazidi minority, survivors are still trying to find bodies of their loved ones. U.N....

Heavily armed bank robbers laid siege on Tuesday to an entire city in southern Brazil, overpowering local police. The assault caused shock i...

The case was brought by a group of environmental organizations and more than 17,000 Dutch citizens. They demand that Shell be forced to redu...

Get the latest on coronavirus-related restrictions in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,...

China is predicted to account for more than a third of global economic growth next year, while the U.S. and European countries will lag behi...

Not long after a metal object appeared without explanation in the Utah desert, it disappeared. Now, locals in Piatra Neamt say they have fou...

The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship burned for five days after a fire broke out onboard July 12. It could cost the Navy $3 billion to rep...

A new report offers the clearest picture yet of pandemic learning loss among U.S. students. But researchers warn that many of the nation's m...

Over the course of two hours, several heavily armed men laid siege to the coastal city of Criciúma, where they blew up ATMs and took hostag...

Long after the fall of ISIS, Yazidis are now returning to the ruined towns of their homeland. It's been six years since ISIS launched its ge...

Iranians with illnesses are having trouble getting medicines amid U.S. sanctions on the country. The sanctions don't target medicines but se...

After winning praise for aggressively tackling COVID-19 early on in the pandemic, critics say South Korea's government is breaking its own r...

The discovery, uncovered after analyzing blood donations from nine states, strengthens evidence that the coronavirus was quietly spreading a...

Atlas, who was a radiologist by training, pushed fringe theories about the coronavirus, including the idea that large numbers of people shou...

Despite the pandemic recession, holiday sales are expected to set a new record, topping $755 billion.

Experts suggest being extra careful over the next week or two if you gathered with others outside your pod. That means masks, getting tested...

OPEC met via videoconference to discuss whether to start increasing oil production in January. But the economic slowdown caused by the pande...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Abbas Milani, director of Iranian studies at Stanford University, about Friday's assassination of an Iran...

The ministry's 29-page advisory is geared to tourism professionals and business travelers now that travel is open between the two countries,...

Hundreds of students in southern Oregon lost their homes to a wildfire. Some are showing signs of extreme stress, causing school leaders to...