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The variant in Brazil is causing a surge in Manaus, a city where the virus previously infected huge numbers in the spring of 2020. Researchers are trying to determine why.

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick served seven years in prison for corruption. With 20 years left on his sentence, he received a commutation from President Trump.

Do you ever hear the news and just want to scream? An elementary school teacher in New York City has made a hotline where tens of thousands of people have called in to vent their feelings.

Suicide bombings have been rare in the Iraqi capital since the country's military largely defeated the Islamic State group in 2017. But ISIS has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attacks.

People on social media lifted a photo of Sanders and his mittens out of the inauguration, and put him on a ski lift, atop the throne from Game of Thrones and sitting on an unfinished skyscraper.

In one of his final acts, Trump's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared China's actions in the far western region of Xinjiang a genocide. What consequences would such a declaration have?

Viewers spotted an unidentified man wearing two masks and carrying alcohol wipes. He disinfected the podium between speakers. He earned laudatory nicknames on Twitter including sanitizer-in-chief.

NPR's Noel King talks to Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware about President Biden's agenda and the legislative challenges. She worked closely with him as he prepared to take office.

Several Republican lawmakers, especially moderate ones, praised Biden's inaugural address, which urged members of both parties to come together and work on behalf of the American people.

President Biden called for Americans to listen to one another and to disagree on the basis of facts, obliquely invoking the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol as the cost of trafficking in lies.

After an insurrection and in the midst of a pandemic, there was much that was different about the 59th Inauguration. But there was also much that followed precedent. Here are some images from the day.

Instead of the traditional celebration down Pennsylvania Avenue, the inauguration parade following President Biden's swearing-in ceremony was mostly virtual due to coronavirus-related restrictions.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Heather Cox Richardson, an American historian at Boston College, about the historical significance of President Biden's inauguration.

Michael Pack's record at the parent agency for the Voice of America includes charges of bias, firings, investigations and more. He called President Biden's request for him to resign a "partisan act."

Haines has made history as the first woman to hold the top job in U.S. intelligence.

Todd Beckley, a funeral director in Los Angeles County, says COVID-19 deaths have overwhelmed his mortuary. It is so overwhelmed there is waiting list that's 23 families long.

In a statement released just minutes after President Biden took office, China's foreign ministry said it was sanctioning those "who have seriously violated China's sovereignty."

More black Americans are moving south, changing the demographics of major metropolitan areas. We look at how these moves are shifting the political landscape.

Jury selection begins Friday in the murder trial for former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, who shot a man in his own apartment after mistaking it for her own. Her team wants a change of venue.

In a swing part of the swing state of Michigan, voters are reacting to the impeachment hearings. Their responses might be a barometer of the the American public sees the proceedings.