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Hundreds of thousands of people in China have already received this vaccine. Now, preliminary trials are showing promising results, although it's too early to say whether it can prevent disease.

As the pandemic drags on, NPR answers listener questions about the toll that isolation can take on mental health.

Mayor Bill de Blasio had said he would close schools at a testing positivity rate of 3%, and stuck to his position. Not everyone is happy.

Wauwatosa, Wis., police officer Joseph Mensah reached a separation agreement allowing him to resign Nov. 30. He has killed three people while on duty, including a teenager in February.

The NRA's attorneys claimed that the group is in financial peril and could be forced to shut down some or all of its operations.

Conservative media helped set the stage for Friday's controversial release of a memo from the House Intelligence Committee that claims FBI bias against President Trump. Outlets, including Breitbart News and Fox News, played a role with their coverage.

An enthusiastic Trump supporter in northern New York says he can't wait for the incoming president to find a replacement for Obamacare that provides health coverage for all Americans.

While the rhetoric heats up in Washington D.C., Coast Guard and BP officials on the ground in the Gulf seem intent on working together. Despite mounting criticism for the spill response, federal agencies and the corporation say they're doing the best they can in the face of a massive and changing disaster.

New York is set to enact plans to battle climate change. It would go further than some other states in cutting carbon emissions from electricity, buildings and transportation.

As tropical storm Florence lumbers west through the Carolinas, river towns face more heavy rain and rising waters. In Lumberton, N.C., officials say a deteriorating levee threatens hundreds of homes.

Summer is at its peak in the Adirondack Mountains. That means wild flowers, croaking frogs, alpine views and leaps into ice-cold swimming holes. We take a hike to capture the sounds of the season.

White supremacists and alt-right activists have long pushed for mainstream acceptance. In the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Va., their racist ideology is encountering mainstream resistance.

Glades are steep, wooded trails, sort of a cross between a cross-country route and the downhill slopes you find at groomed ski areas. For glade skiers, recent deep snow was a blast of winter joy.

New York's political culture is reeling as federal prosecutors target some of the state's most powerful politicians. Cases against top Republicans and Democrats have offered a scathing glimpse of an insider game involving kickbacks, cronyism, and a money-fueled culture that shapes everything from the debate over energy policy to medical funding. Critics are asking whether this is the moment when reform finally comes to Albany.

Among the Las Vegas shooting victims were two from Alaska: Adrian Murfitt was a commercial fisherman and Dorene Anderson was a stay-at-home mom and a hockey fan.

Conservative media are reacting to the failure of the GOP's latest health care plan with outrage and disappointment. The Republican bill was effectively blocked on Monday night when two more GOP senators came out in opposition to it.

Catholic leaders are trying to block bills that would extend the statute of limitations for child sex crimes and allow old cases to be brought back into court. So far, the lobbying has been effective.

Federal scientists say mountain lions are extinct in the East. But sightings of the big cats continue, and some researchers say cougars could be staging a comeback.

With temperatures in the Northeast plunging to 35 below zero, what else is there to do but head out for an early morning snow shoe?

A lot of BP's oil eventually winds up in the gas tanks of American cars, so you'd think the current crisis on the Gulf Coast might make people think twice at the pump. Brian Mann of North Country Public Radio sets out to talk to customers at a gas station and find out what they think about the spill, and the decisions they make as consumers.