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The vaccine is nearly 95% effective in preventing illness, according to an interim analysis of a clinical test involving 30,000 people.

The 130-year-old Capitol building where Rep.-elect David Ortiz will work isn't totally accessible. We examine what his victory means for disability rights, and what changes have to be made.

The 2020 holiday office party is going to look different this year, with big in-person events a no-go and most people working remotely. So some employers are finding ways to party on.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Anthony Foxx, Lyft's chief policy officer, about the ongoing debate over classifying drivers as independent contractors and the economic impact of the pandemic.

The law calls for a recount to be conducted by retabulating every ballot through a scanner, the same way they were originally counted in the days following the Nov. 3 election.

A recent shake-up in senior leadership at the Pentagon has raised a lot of questions. Those questions increased with news about the administration's plan to pull troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Joe Biden has taken a slight lead in Georgia. President Trump still leads the count in Pennsylvania, but narrowly, with many ballots to be tallied. Biden has slightly expanded his lead in Nevada.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Tara Benally, field director for Rural Utah Project, about how the Indigenous vote in Arizona has played a role in flipping the key swing state.

At least two of the court's conservative justices seemed to suggest the law should stand whether or not the individual mandate is found unconstitutional.

In 1960, she braved death threats and racial epithets to accompany her daughter to the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, desegregating the school.