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There are many ways young children encounter stories. A new study finds a "Goldilocks effect," where a cartoon may be "too hot" and audiobooks "too cold" for learning readers.

"I'm afraid you are starting to see, in some places, the signs of a second wave of the pandemic" in Europe, says British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

In the late 1950s, the word "plantation" was used as a marketing tool to lure white residents to new developments in South Carolina. Now there's a push to change the names of those properties.

"The reality is that laborers work at the limit of human dignity," Aboubakar Soumahoro tells NPR. He's the subject of a new documentary, The Invisibles, shot at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

A Japanese-owned cargo ship ran aground in late July and began leaking oil a few days ago. Now a crack has expanded in its hull. The island nation is home to species that live nowhere else.

Cuyahoga County's medical director Dr. Heidi Gullett has been at the front of the county's COVID-19 response for months, and Wednesday, she was the first person at the health department to get the vaccine. "This is the best day of my life," Gullett said with tears in her eyes as she sat down to get the shot. "I am so ready." Gullett and other health board staffers received shots Wednesday, as they prepare to host vaccination clinics for first responders in Cleveland suburbs starting Monday, Dec. 28, said Health Commissioner Terry Allan.

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 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.

Democrat Joe Biden is president-elect, but Republicans made gains down the ballot in the House and outperformed the polls in Senate races.

Fewer children are dying globally, but a new study finds geographic disparities still exist within many countries.