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Poland and Hungary had blocked the EU budget over a provision requiring each member nation to uphold the bloc's rule-of-law principles. The two are nations investigation for not doing so.

NPR's Weekend Edition wants to hear from you about what hardships you've been through this year that have helped you grow and gain something.

In a move that could leave pickle fans feeling more sour than sweet, the town of Mount Olive, North Carolina, has decided to can its annual New Year's Eve pickle drop, citing concerns related to COVID-19.

"The world is unjust, but the answer is not in our uterus," lawmaker Gabriela Cerruti said of the vote in Argentina's Chamber of Deputies.

Encouraged by recent Supreme Court rulings, churches in many states are trying to challenge restrictions on worship gatherings, arguing that prayer during the pandemic is essential.

The state built some key conservative policies into its experimental expansion of Medicaid. Lawmakers, health officials and patient advocates across the U.S. are now keenly watching the results.

Most of California is under the state's highest risk-level assessment, restricting most indoor activities and gatherings.

Hundreds of students in southern Oregon lost their homes to a wildfire. Some are showing signs of extreme stress, causing school leaders to consider resuming in-person classes to help them.

Researchers developed a new app that applies facial recognition software to cows. The technology would let ranchers track cattle in the event of disease and help create a national traceability system.

Heidi Larson, the director of the Vaccine Confidence Project, has travelled the world studying vaccine misinformation. Simply put, she says, a bad vaccine is "not in anyone's interest."

A liberal voice in the U.S. Senate for decades, Kennedy led a life marked by tragedy and scandal. Historian Neal Gabler talks about the first volume of his two-part biography, Catching the Wind.

A court fight over which dying patients get donor livers continues to escalate. Some transplant centers sued over new distribution rules meant to shorten wait lists in more populous cities.

"We do elections well here in Arizona. The system is strong and that's why I have bragged on it so much." said GOP Gov. Doug Ducey. Meanwhile, the state GOP tweeted "DO NOT CERTIFY A FALSE ELECTION!"

Netflix's Mosul is a scripted film centered on the fight by an Iraqi SWAT team against ISIS. It was produced by Anthony and Joe Russo, directors of the last two Avengers movies.

Many Americans who've lost income in the pandemic are falling deeper into debt — forced to pay bills or even their rent on credit cards. It's a sign of trouble ahead for the economy.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Lindsay Jones of The Athletic about the Denver Broncos having to play an inexperienced quarterback after four others broke COVID-19 protocols.

OPEC met via videoconference to discuss whether to start increasing oil production in January. But the economic slowdown caused by the pandemic continues, and oil production could make the price drop.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's independent vaccine advisory committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday to determine who should get a coronavirus vaccine first.

Four charter schools are up for state approval this week to use weighted admission lotteries for 2021, setting aside spots to improve diversity.

As more states legalize recreational and medicinal marijuana, veterinarians are treating more intoxicated dogs who've gotten into THC edibles, discarded joints or drug-laced feces.