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The pilot of a small plane that crashed near an airport tried to avoid hitting a turtle on the runway, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report. The pilot and a passenger were killed.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

It will be visible in parts of the U.S. on Wednesday.

Most cases of the illness are characterized as mild, with symptoms similar to those of a common cold or the flu. But there have been over 1,300 deaths.

Kenya's intelligence service warns that over 1,000 citizens may have been recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine, many under false pretenses.

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.

In Our Daily Breather, we ask artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Tori Amos shares a recipe for her "Mushroom Magic" stew.

Sports betting becomes legal in Ohio on Jan. 1.

Swift's The Tortured Poets Department has been the biggest album in the country for 12 consecutive weeks, the longest run atop that chart of her career.

Ryan Wedding was once an Olympic snowboarder. But now he faces federal charges of operating a sprawling cocaine trafficking ring — and ordering several murders.