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The defense secretary announces troop withdrawals. Jeff Bezos announces the first recipients of climate change funds.

"Only through a series of independent inquiries will we uncover the true extent of this disregard for Afghan life, which normalized murder, and resulted in war crimes," an Afghan rights group says.

João Alberto Silveira Freitas died after an encounter with security guards outside a grocery store in southern Brazil. It was partially captured on cellphone video and later posted to social media.

Over 250,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to presidential historian Michael Beschloss about what kind of historical precedent there is, if any, for President Trump's battle to overturn the 2020 election results.

When a coronavirus vaccine is ready, it'll take drugmakers a massive logistical effort of hundreds of planes and ships to get billions of doses around the world.

Jim Herber was an Army veteran, retired mailman and hospice volunteer, loved and respected in his community in Sheboygan, Wis. He died of COVID-19 at age 74. His children remember his life.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with author Nicole Krauss about her new book of short stories, To Be A Man.

The president already is the subject of investigations by New York officials, and he may be implicated by federal authorities as well. As a private citizen, he would no longer enjoy de facto immunity.

In a statement, Republicans Mike Shirkey and Lee Chatfield said they had "not yet been made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election in Michigan."

The president has made it clear that he will spend his remaining days in the White House in the same way he spent much of his term in office: fighting.

A new medication to treat COVID patients will be available next week, but it requires an IV and is in short supply.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to 12-year-old Joe Bryant, who has been building intricate models of German soccer stadiums out of Lego blocks without any blueprints.

Joe Biden intends to admit 125,000 refugees in his first year. Many will be fleeing religious persecution. While highlighting persecution, President Trump cut refugee admissions to 15,000.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany defended President Trump's decision not to concede defeat to President-elect Joe Biden in a briefing on Friday.

North Carolina officials on Friday urged residents to avoid getting together with people they don’t live with this Thanksgiving. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised against holiday travel. These recommendations cases came as virus cases continued to climb across the U.S.

The medicine is one of the few to win regulatory approval as a treatment for the disease, but has fallen out of favor with the health authority.

Homeless residents, advocates and family members joined an online vigil Thursday night for the more than 40 homeless or formerly homeless Charlotteans who died over the past year. Speakers called homelessness a tragedy and called for more effort to house the homeless population.

The self-described "accidental brass quartet" swims comfortably in jazz, classical and pop music. Watch the band evoke a rollicking Parisian street scene and the calm beauty of the San Juan Islands.

Hear the self-described "accidental brass quartet" put a new spin on an old British ballad in an evocative arrangement by Nico Muhly and Sam Amidon.