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Some 2,000 people have been displaced, according to one humanitarian group's estimate. But there are hopeful signs. Puerto Rico's utility says roughly 80% of its customers have their electricity back.

Thirty-one thousand Stop & Shop workers are striking in New England over proposed changes to wages and benefits. Eight days in, the strike has shuttered some stores and slowed business at others.

The experimental drug was tested in Guinea two years ago with a 100 percent success rate, but this is the first time a vaccine will be used to control an Ebola outbreak.

In the U.S., front-line health care workers are likely first in line to get immunized with a COVID-19 vaccine. But what about the rest of us? Here's what we know so far.

Riot police in Thailand sought to disperse thousands of protesters, a day after the government officially banned demonstrations calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.

Cleveland City Council’s safety committee on Wednesday heard a presentation from the Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance on some of its goals and programming. But the group faced criticism for what council members said was a lack of communication and transparency. The violence intervention group focuses on community engagement, retaliation prevention, and connecting people with services in the Cleveland area. The Peacekeepers are more effective if they are not associated with police or local officials, said Grady Stevenson, the city’s director of community relations.

Summer is the season of mitts, bats and mounds, but some youth softball and baseball leagues in Northeast Ohio canceled their 2020 seasons because of COVID-19 concerns. Other leagues decided to keep their seasons alive. Bethany Saris lives in Copley and has four daughters – all softball players. Saris is also the commissioner of the Copley-Fairlawn Athletic Association’s local youth softball leagues.

Michel Martin speaks with Mark Bryant of the Gun Violence Archive about the number of mass shootings that took place in 2019.

NPR Music staffers Marissa Lorusso and Tom Huizenga give out superlatives for the best moments in music this past year, including a single breath of operatic singing and an epic guitar solo.

Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday declared a state of emergency after Ohio officials identified the first three cases of COVID-19 in the state. If the…