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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention research finds wearing a surgical mask underneath a cloth mask — a concept known as double masking — can vastly improve the protection for the wearer.

NPR's Life Kit looks at why people procrastinate and how one can stop.

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, detail their break with Buckingham Palace in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams discusses the potential fallout.

The Des Moines Register reporter, Andrea Sahouri, was arrested as she covered a Black Lives Matter protest. "Treating media work as a crime is a human rights violation," Amnesty International said.

The Dance Your Ph.D. contest is meant to get scientists to explain their research through dance. This year's winners created a choreographed rap video to explain how clouds are formed.

More European countries are suspending use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after reports that some recipients developed blood clots. The vaccine is not authorized in the United States.

Derek Chauvin was already facing manslaughter and second-degree murder charges when the much-anticipated trial opened this week.

Because of the pandemic most U.S. students are still experiencing disrupted learning. Some education leaders are asking: How do we come back from this? Should we extend learning into the summer?

The former Ole Miss quarterback wrote hits for Gladys Knight & the Pips during the 1970s. His songs were also recorded by Glen Campbell, Charley Pride and Indigo Girls.

Employees at an Amazon facility in Alabama are voting on whether to form a union. Some in Congress support them, including Michigan Democratic Rep. Andy Levin, who talks to NPR's Noel King.