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David Williams, 54, spent eight days on a ventilator after he got COVID-19. Weeks after being discharged from the hospital, he still needs an oxygen tube and a walker.

Katy Muldoon wrote a profile of the Aleaziz family in Portland, Ore., in the '90s. That story inspired Hamed Aleaziz to become an immigration journalist. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with both of them.

Police shot and killed Rayshard Brooks during an attempted arrest Friday. By Sunday the city's police chief had resigned and the officer who shot Brooks had been fired.

In the extraordinarily volatile environment of this pandemic-election year, even a nightmare economy may not be as fatal for the incumbent as it would have been in the past.

The focus remains on keeping Congress open. There haven't been any discussions of shutting down public galleries or limiting tours.

As the level of carbon dioxide in the air rises because of human activity, scientists are trying to pin down how plants are affected. There's evidence that it's changing many important plants we eat.

There are lots of misconceptions about dark skin and sunshine. One of the most common? That black people can't get skin cancer.

Expectant parents of twins and other multiples may be ready for the joy and extra physical demands of caring for more than one baby. But few know the risk of depression and anxiety runs higher, too.

Volunteers are using Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp to find out what people need and give them vital information on how to survive.

Sometimes it takes an outsider to see a culture clearly. Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's Ninth Symphony was an ode to what American music could become.