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The Gullah Geechee language is spoken by descendants of enslaved Africans who were brought to the coastal South. Now, the language is being taught at Harvard University.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with sports columnist Christine Brennan of USA Today about the death of former NBA commissioner David Stern. He was 77.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Nataliya Nedzhvetskaya about the recent vote to unionize by Kickstarter employees.

NPR's Life Kit provides tips on how to make your workplace more equitable for transgender people.

The sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower and cruiser San Jacinto have not set foot on land since setting sail in mid-January. The goal: avoiding coronavirus exposure.

Some of the technology behind coronavirus vaccine development dates back to the first vaccines; other techniques are much newer. Here are some of the approaches.

We take a look at President Trump's speech at Mount Rushmore, where he held an early Independence Day celebration amid protests and warnings from public health officials on holding the public event.

Dr. William Dement of Stanford University, who was known as "the father of sleep science," died after a heart procedure on June 14 at the age of 91.

Police have arrested a man who is charged with attempted murder and burglary after a stabbing attack at a rabbi's home in New York.

The San Antonio Food Bank was swamped last week with 10,000 families — a worrying sign of joblessness and food insecurity. The food bank is preparing for another onslaught on Friday.