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When Doug Hurley launched aboard Atlantis on July 8, 2011, the future of human spaceflight from U.S. soil was uncertain. Nearly a decade later, the astronaut is piloting SpaceX's new Crew Dragon.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Paul Persaud, a health officer of Paterson, N.J., about how his team has been able to mount an aggressive contact tracing campaign.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Osage Beach, Missouri mayor John Olivarri about crowded openings at bars in his Lake of the Ozarks town.

After an aborted launch attempt to the International Space Station on Wednesday, the weather cleared and the launch went ahead on Saturday.

A Russian family believes the death of a relative from the coronavirus was both unnecessary and uncounted by the state.

A fifth day of protests calling for police reforms continued Tuesday in Cincinnati. A mid-day gathering outside the Hamilton County Courthouse was...

Human rights groups say nearly 300 people have died since demonstrations over a now-rescinded pension change in April. Protests turned deadly Friday as student protesters took refuge in a church.

Not since 1997 has the country's gross domestic product shrunk at such a large rate in a single year, according to a report by the Bank of Korea. And the bank says sanctions are responsible.

Melody Herzfeld sheltered dozens of students during the February shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School. On Sunday, she'll receive a Tony Award for excellence in education.

Temperature records have been broken around the globe. In North America, tens of millions of residents have been under watches, advisories and warnings.