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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with high school teachers Michael Terich and Lyschel Shipp about what they've learned during the pandemic and their hopes for the new year.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Sonali Rajan, associate professor in the department of Health and Behavioral Studies at Columbia University, about the increase in gun-related deaths in 2020.

Alaskan-born composer Matthew Burtner has recorded the sound of the northern lights and created a piece of music called Auroras.

The Philippines is lagging behind in securing stockpiles of the coronavirus vaccine. The challenges it faces are emblematic of much of the developing world.

Host Michel Martin speaks with fitness guru Jennipher Walters about ways to stay on top of your New Year's fitness resolution amid the pandemic.

The story of Lebanese migrants on a doomed boat in September highlights the continuing attempts to get across the Mediterranean Sea — where over 1,000 migrants died in 2020.

Boston Children's Hospital saw a precipitous drop in cases during the spring shutdown, and the trend continues. Researchers are asking why — and what it would take to keep up the change post-pandemic.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Meda Nix of Oklahoma, one of the Cherokee speakers who was an early recipient of a vaccine. The vaccinations are being given to people keeping the language alive.

The Okee Dokee Brothers, Alastair Moock and Dog on Fleas — three of five acts nominated in the best children's album category — share their equity-based rationalizations for declining the ballot.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group, a political risk consultancy, about the organization's report on the most significant global threats of this year.

Police say an incendiary device was thrown from a moving vehicle on Sunday night, damaging a parked car. A short time later, a second explosion was reported a couple of miles away.

CNN's chief medical correspondent says it's never too late to develop new brain pathways. Even small changes, like switching up the hand you use to hold your fork, can help optimize brain health.

In Europe's most densely populated city of Paris, where there have been two long lockdowns because of the cornavirus, a beloved river is helping many people get through it all.

At a rally near Atlanta, Sen. Ted Cruz, a leader of the fight against the presidential election result, called on Republicans in Georgia to vote in the state's runoff elections on Tuesday.

"Military and some civilian leaders have been in constant damage control over the last four years. The old 'cleanup on aisle 4, then 6, then 8,' " a retired officer says of President Trump's tenure.

If Democrats pick up both seats in Tuesday's Georgia runoff elections, they will wrest control of the U.S. Senate from Republicans. If Republicans win one, though, they will retain it.

The Wikileaks founder sought refuge for seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. He was removed in April while he awaited a decision on his extradition.

Thomas Dodd was enjoying the show with a few drinks. A couple days later, some unexpected mail arrived. He doesn't remember the details, but he apparently legally changed his name to Celine Dion.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Kim Wehle, law professor at the University of Baltimore and author of How to Read the Constitution, about legal implications of the call to Georgia's secretary of state.

The move is likely to increase tensions during President Trump's final weeks in office. Separately, Iran seized a South Korean oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, South Korea said Monday.