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A spike in coronavirus cases is straining the health care system in South Carolina's rural areas. From small hospitals to churches, the region is struggling to survive.

The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a blow to Black and Latino business owners across the country. One study found roughly 40% of Latino-owned businesses and workers and 57% of Black-owned businesses and workers were in industries with the largest number of job losses back in April when the economy took a nosedive.

The Department of Veterans Affairs released rules for a law that changes how the VA pays for outside, private care. Critics say the move is a stealth effort to privatize the VA.

The film Hidden Figures is inspiring a new generation of young female coders of color. NPR checks in with some teenagers who like the movie.

If a prosecuting attorney has signed off on the death penalty against a certain defendant, can that same attorney later be on of a panel of judges reviewing that death sentence?

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, or CIAA, men’s and women’s basketball tournament is in full swing with more than 100,000 people expected…

Last week Robby the Robot, the iconic Hollywood robot created for the 1956 film Forbidden Planet, sold for more than $5 million. Robby was reportedly created for $125,000 and appeared in a number of projects after his debut role.

Serena Williams will take on Victoria Azarenka in the U.S. Open final. Host Scott Simon talks to NPR's Tom Goldman about tennis, as well as the season opener of the NFL.

The 21-year-old player stumbled in the second set, but recovered in the third. "I felt like I didn't want to have any regrets," she said of the match.

While serving as governor of New York, William Seward received a Thomas Cole landscape painting as a gift for his work on the Erie Canal. Since then, its value has exploded and its caretakers are looking to sell. On Tuesday, Seward's great-great-grandson will be in court to try to stop them.

A few months ago, 24-year-old Anas Hamra made a "Happy" video about Gaza. If the rest of the world was playing off Pharrell Williams' song, he figured Gaza ought to step up, too. Plus, even with salty tap water and travel restrictions, life in Gaza was not all misery. On Wednesday, Hamra spent 24 hours with his video camera in Shifa Hospital in Gaza and emerged unable to find a word to describe how he feels. The first song that came to mind is "Wake Me Up When It's Over."

Americans Eric Betzig and William Moerner and German scientist Stefan Hell have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for "the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy."

Nationally ranked college debaters from the College of William and Mary graded the five Democratic candidates on style, form and presence.

The United Kingdom's once vibrant auto industry is in crisis, battered by falling sales in China, a collapse of demand for diesel in Europe and profound uncertainty surrounding Brexit.

In an extraordinary statement released through state media, the North Korean leader says the U.S. president is "surely a rogue and a gangster fond of playing with fire, rather than a politician."

The man behind the online illegal drug website Silk Road is 29-year old Ross William Ulbricht. He's also known as Dread Pirate Roberts. Earlier this week, federal agents arrested him on charges including money laundering and conspiracy to commit drug trafficking.

February means Valentine's Day — and no one feels the pressure to be romantic like characters in romance novels. This month we've got three short and sweet stories with guaranteed happy endings.

South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg has struggled to gain traction among African American voters, a key block in the Democratic primary. This weekend he went to South Carolina to attempt outreach.

The elevator pitch is one way to quickly promote your business. In New Mexico, where elevations reach 13,000 feet, they have a different method: the ski lift pitch competition.

Jury deliberations have begun in the case of Baltimore police officer William Porter who faces a charge of involuntary manslaughter for the death of Freddie Gray.