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COVID-19 can cause symptoms that go well beyond the lungs, from strokes to organ failure. To explain these widespread injuries, researchers are studying how the virus affects the vascular system.

Hashim Thaci, a senior guerrilla commander during the Kosovo war in the late 1990s, said he had a confirmed indictment from a special court in The Hague.

North Carolina's health director told the state Board of Education Thursday that it’s safe to keep bringing students back for in-person classes, despite increases in community spread of COVID-19.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Julio Ricardo Varela, a co-host of the In the Thickpodcast, about Latino voter turnout this year.

Local sources say there's been a spike in child marriage during the pandemic. A key reason: By marrying off girls early, poor families have one less mouth to feed in desperate times.

As the new president sets his priorities, will having an educator as first lady help schools and colleges get what they hope for?

As the new president sets his priorities, will having an educator as first lady help schools and colleges get what they hope for?

Apparently, there was one thing we could all agree on this election season.

Cardinal Innovations Healthcare coordinates behavioral health care for Medicaid recipients in 20 North Carolina counties. On Tuesday, at least five of those counties -- Mecklenburg, Union, Cabarrus, Stanly and Orange -- were planning to or were in the process of cutting ties with the company.

A new Vatican report on a former cardinal, who was defrocked amid allegations of sexual misconduct, shows that Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI were aware of the accusations.

Texas is set to cross a bleak milestone: 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases. Texas has the most cases in the U.S. and is struggling with a surge of infections in rural and urban areas.

Joe Biden said on the campaign trail that he was for reforming policing — but not defunding it. NPR discusses what federal actions on law enforcement might be taken under a President Biden.

So far, President-elect Joe Biden has talked to leaders of key allies such as Germany, France and the United Kingdom, among others. "I'm letting them know that America is back," Biden said.

In the first of this four-part discussion series looking at the impact of systemic racism on the health care system, host Mary C. Curtis talks to Netia McCray about her battle with COVID-19 and fighting to get a correct diagnosis and proper treatment. Date and Time: Nov. 11 at 1 p.m. ET

On Monday Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools posted its first public list of schools with COVID-19 cases. By Tuesday people were questioning its accuracy -- and the district’s system of notifying families and employees when someone in their school gets the virus.

North Carolina will stay in Phase 3 of reopening through at least Dec. 4. In making that announcement this week, Gov. Roy Cooper cited the rising number of coronavirus cases in the state and concern over people gathering during the holidays. The governor did make one change to the restrictions in place: The number of people allowed to gather indoors has been lowered from 25 to 10.

The president-elect pledges to welcome as many as 125,000 refugees a year — up from the Trump administration's record-low cap of 15,000. Here are some challenges that await.

WFAE's "Work It" podcast debuts Friday. The podcast explores people's relationship with their jobs and how it shapes their view of the world. The hosts are Stephanie Hale and Jill Bjers, who pitched their idea through WFAE's Queen City PodQuest last year and won a chance to work with WFAE to develop the podcast.

In an already historic election, 53 percent of eligible youth voters were motivated to turn out by issues like systemic racism, climate change, and the coronavirus pandemic.

The U.S. recently passed several grim coronavirus milestones.