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A ransomware attack has shut down schools in Maryland's Baltimore County system. All online learning came to a standstill Wednesday when hac...

Maradona rose from the slums of Buenos Aires to lead the Argentine national soccer team to World Cup glory, suffered from substance abuse an...

This year the beloved holiday comes on the heels of a national movement demanding racial justice. One Native American leader says that "peop...

"A proud day for Scotland and a signal to the world that free universal access to period products can be achieved," said Monica Lennon, who...

More than 70 local public health officials have resigned or been fired since the start of the pandemic. They're over-worked and the subject...

Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala., notify federal labor authorities of plans to hold a unionization vote, teeing up a major labor battle a...

Maradona rose from the slums of Buenos Aires to lead the Argentine national soccer team to World Cup glory, suffered from substance abuse an...

It was a surprise even for a family of lawyers. A process called "subrogation" began with a Nevada family's health insurer denying their cla...

The unnamed man defected to the South on Nov. 3, avoiding capture for 14 hours. He is seeking asylum in South Korea. (Image credit: ED JONES...

A recount is underway in heavily Democratic parts of Wisconsin at the request of President Trump's campaign. The recount isn't expected to c...

With COVID-19 spreading unchecked in nearly every U.S. state, we hear from reporters in Wisconsin, Missouri and Tennessee.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced the easing of a lockdown put in place as the country experienced a surge of new cases that swept...

Federal health officials could reduce the quarantine from the currently recommended 14 days to as few as seven for people who test negative...

Operation Warp Speed is allocating the first batch of 6.4 million COVID vaccines to states, based on population. This circumvents a CDC advi...

President Trump pardoned turkeys on Tuesday, making his first public comments since acknowledging that the transition is going ahead. Meanwh...

The U.K is on its second lockdown, and scientists say most sequences of new cases are from a coronavirus strain that originated in Spain — w...

In the final weeks of his administration, President Trump is pushing through policies and making appointments that his successor will have t...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ellie Murray, an epidemiologist at Boston University, about small social gatherings' role in coronavirus outbre...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly checks back in with Kelly Fields, owner of New Orleans restaurant Willa Jean, to discuss how her business is doing a...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dave Isay, the creator of StoryCorps, about ways to connect with loved ones on Thanksgiving — a time when peopl...

ISIS fighters tore Kamo Zandinan's 4-year-old daughter Sonya from her arms in 2014. Zandinan, now a refugee in Canada, recently returned to...

Harry Dunn's family argued the U.K. government had wrongly granted Anne Sacoolas diplomatic immunity. Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. diplomat,...

Dana Nessel's office did not outline specific threats against Wayne County Board of Canvassers. The probe was announced a day after Michiga...

President-elect Joe Biden inherits a global health landscape changed by the Trump administration more than under any Republican president si...

Folks in other countries have figured out ways to hold a safe traditional celebration at a time of quarantines and lockdowns. Here are a few...