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"We cannot take chances with anyone that travels, particularly folks who travel in from the U.K," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a press briefing Wednesday.

Scientists in the United Kingdom say they’ve discovered a new strain of COVID-19, prompting dozens of countries to cut off travel to Great Britain.

Shelters have seen a major uptick in adoptions this year. Plus, what the use of his beagle in Rev. Raphael Warnock's campaign ads says about the stereotypes we attach to dogs and their owners.

President Trump has vetoed the annual defense bill, which has won Congressional approval 60 years straight. Now, Congress will move to override that veto.

Grey's Anatomy and Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes will debut her first series for Netflix on Christmas Day. Bridgertonfeatures storytelling techniques that have become hallmarks of Rhimes' style.

A Columbus, Ohio, police officer shot and killed a Black man while responding to a call. Responding officers did not have their body cameras turned on in the moments leading up to the shooting.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Claire Hannan, head of the Association of Immunization Managers, about rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines to states with fewer doses than originally expected.

President Trump pardoned four former private security contractors convicted of killing Iraqi civilians in 2007. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Paul Dickinson, a lawyer for some victims' families.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Zach Abolverdi of The Gainesville Sun about reports that University of Florida basketball player Keyontae Johnson has been diagnosed with acute myocarditis.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the Problem Solvers Caucus co-chairs, Reps. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., and Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., about President Trump's demand to increase the stimulus checks.

The latest results from NPR's contact tracing survey finds a sharp increase in staffing since October, with the national workforce now topping 70,000.

With Christmas around the corner, many Americans tracking their packages find them stuck in the same spot for days. The U.S. Postal Service blames increased volume and the pandemic.

The announcement comes as part of a wave of pardons and commutations in the final weeks of Trump's presidency.

"We're really busy, it's been unbearable," sighs Manny Huenchunir, a USPS truck driver who was unloading and reloading crates of mail at a post office outside Boston Tuesday night."

President Trump issued another round of pardons Wednesday. The biggest names in the slate of 26 people include allies, such as former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former adviser Roger Stone.

The malware-infused SolarWinds software update, blamed on Russian state actors, appears to have infected computers more broadly than previously acknowledged.

As the first COVID-19 vaccines begin to be rolled out across the U.S., community leaders in diverse groups already are working hard to dispel misinformation and reach skeptics with truth.

The European Union and British government have announced a last-minute trade deal to avert a chaotic economic breakup when the United Kingdom's Brexit transition ends.

NPR looks at what children and their families are missing without in-person schooling and how schools are losing some of their students during the pandemic.

This past spring, as stockpiles of personal protective equipment ran dry, North Carolina spent more than $220 million on various supplies, sometimes at a hefty markup.