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Astronomers compare losing the observatory in Puerto Rico to losing a big brother. It was once the world's largest single-dish radiotelescope.

Atlas, who was a radiologist by training, pushed fringe theories about the coronavirus, including the idea that large numbers of people should get infected in order to reach so-called "herd immunity."

A new report offers the clearest picture yet of pandemic learning loss among U.S. students. But researchers warn that many of the nation's most vulnerable children aren't represented in the new data.

New survey underscores how the U.S. got to such a deadly point with COVID-19. CDC advisers will vote on who will be vaccinated first. Plus, new report examines the pandemic's effect on learning.

Research shows having a pet improves both physical and mental health. But economic hardships are making it hard for some families to keep their pets. Animal welfare groups are trying to help.

Iranians with illnesses are having trouble getting medicines amid U.S. sanctions on the country. The sanctions don't target medicines but seem to be affecting them anyway.

The Puerto Rican rapper only performs in Spanish — a sign of the growing power of Hispanic music. It's the first time an artist who never sings in English tops the year-end list.

Dub Qawwali producer Gaudi mixes his big beats and reggae rhythms to the soaring, passionate vocals of the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, a master of the Sufi devotional music called qawwali.

Eastern Europe's populist leaders are having a hard time accepting that President Trump lost the election. President-elect Joe Biden says he is committed to rebuilding ties with the European Union.

Donald Trump was the overwhelming choice among evangelicals. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Christian radio host Julie Roys about whether evangelicals are heartened by his actions so far.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with author Sarah Manguso, whose new book of aphorisms, 300 Arguments, tackles motherhood, love, and suicide.

Teens who vandalized a historic black schoolhouse in Virginia got an unusual sentence. Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Alex Rueda, the prosecutor who came up a punishment involving writing essays.

Yahiya Sinwar has tested positive for the coronavirus as infections reach record levels in the Palestinian territories.

The team is led by Janet Yellen, a former Fed chair who Biden nominated for treasury secretary. Other nominees, like OMB nominee Neera Tanden, may face stiff Republican opposition.

A loosely assembled group of House and Senate lawmakers released a legislative framework they hope can break the months-long impasse between party leaders and the White House on pandemic relief.

From his first days in office, President Trump wasted no time in putting his mark on U.S. immigration policy. And he did it through executive orders. WFAE’s Laura Brache looks at four of those policies and the scope of their impact in North Carolina.

His latest novel takes readers back to the late sixties, at a time full of turbulence and strife.

The case was brought by a group of environmental organizations and more than 17,000 Dutch citizens. They demand that Shell be forced to reduce CO2 emissions by 45% by 2030.

Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd of North Carolina said on Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will complete his recovery at home.

After winning praise for aggressively tackling COVID-19 early on in the pandemic, critics say South Korea's government is breaking its own rules, and is handling a third wave of cases timidly.