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On the eve of poetry month, we look forward to our annual #NPRPoetry project. NPR's Michel Martin begins the series with the Poet Laureate of the United States Tracy K. Smith.

In a dramatic day, a defection robbed Johnson's ruling Conservative Party of its single-seat majority in Parliament and lawmakers set the way to vote to prevent the U.K. from a no-deal Brexit.

Ohio’s educators could start getting the COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week, but there’s a group conspicuously missing from the list: the early child care providers who look after Ohio’s infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday his team will continue to evaluate the state’s COVID-19 vaccine priorities after early child care workers submitted a petition with 11,000 signatures asking to be included in the upcoming vaccination tier for teachers.

France and the U.K. have eased border restrictions imposed after a new strain of the coronavirus was detected in Britain. Thousands of French and other European truckers had been stuck in Dover.

Rachel Martin talks to Simon Coveney, Ireland's deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs, about the deal that would solve the Ireland-Northern Ireland Brexit border issue.

British Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to postpone a parliamentary vote on the U.K.'s draft agreement on leaving the European Union has left many lawmakers fuming.

Epic fantasy fans rejoice: Game of Thrones is back on TV. But the series won't last forever — so K. Tempest Bradford has a few suggestions for cable executives looking for their next big hit.

Sotheby's June 26 auction of Thomas Taylor's watercolor illustration for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is estimated to sell for $400,000-$600,000.

Donald Trump has said: "Got to get rid of Common Core — fast." And a couple of years ago, it seemed Pence would be a trailblazer in doing that at the state level. It didn't totally turn out that way.

Last week, the Columbus City Schools' Board of Education voted to close 4 schools; cut $25.9 million by slashing an unspecified number of staff and faculty positions; eliminate 60 administrative positions; cut $8.8 million in programs and cut K-8 transportation for students who lottery into a non-100% lottery school.