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The pandemic appears to have peaked or be on the verge of peaking, with cases projected to slowly decline this fall and winter. As recently as Sept. 8, people were waiting at COVID-19 testing site in Kentucky, where over 4,000 new cases were confirmed that day.

Is The Worst Over? Models Predict A Steady Decline In COVID Cases Through March

Though infections are still sky-high, the U.S. may be turning a corner, according to a consortium of researchers who forecast the pandemic. And we may well be spared a winter surge.

Dr. Samuel Urrutia and his wife moved to the US in 2018 from Honduras to pursue his medical residency in internal medicine at IU.

Immigrant Doctors Worry About Families Back Home With Little Vaccine Access

As healthcare workers in the U.S. received COVID-19 vaccines, many were relieved and hopeful. But doctors who are foreign-born also describe a...

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev closes his resignation speech after delivering it at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 25, 1991. After 74 years, the Soviet Union was dissolved, breaking into 15 countries. But there's often been friction among the former Soviet republics, including the current confrontation between Russia and Ukraine.

How the Soviet Union's collapse explains the current Russia-Ukraine tension

To understand the friction between Russia and Ukraine, it's important to go back to 1991. Exactly 30 years ago this weekend, the Soviet Union formally dissolved and broke up into 15 separate nations.

'Songs from the Hole': The story behind JJ'88's documentary and visual album

The visual album and documentary Songs from the Hole tells the story of James Jacobs, the hip-hop artist JJ'88, as he reflects on his coming-of-age within California's state prison system.

Mustafa in a quiet moment from the video for "SNL," a single from his album Dunya.

Mustafa, Toronto's hood poet, shoulders the stories of the lost

On the aching Dunya, the artist stands at an east-west crossroads, trying to resolve a young striver's years of trauma with a folklorist's drive to preserve what's left.

Top prospect Kris Bryant of the Chicago Cubs will bat fourth in his debut Friday against the San Diego Padres. Bryant hit 43 home runs in the minors last season.

Can Top Slugger Joining Cubs End 106 Years Of Sadness?

Top prospect Kris Bryant is set to bat fourth against the Padres Friday in his major league debut, bringing with him hope Chicago may someday soon win another championship.

Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm has said the 2022 season will be her last in the WNBA. Her retirement comes in her 21st year with the basketball league and after many all-time records.

The Seattle Storm's Sue Bird announces this season will be her last in the WNBA

Bird has played with the Seattle Storm since being drafted by the team in 2002. On Thursday, she announced that the current WNBA season, her 19th playing, will be her last.

Young Thug: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

From the lush gardens of The Houdini estate in Los Angeles, the influential Atlanta rapper premiers songs from his forthcoming album, Punk.

Congresswoman On What It Was Like To Be Evacuated From The U.S. Capitol

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Cori Bush, D.-Mo., about what it was like to be inside the U.S. Capitol when pro-Trump extremists broke into the building.

Congress reignites a bipartisan effort to ban hair discrimination

Previous attempts to pass the legislation banning hair discrimination have stalled in Congress.

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