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New COVID-19 cases among the unvaccinated are increasing fast. And a new book with allegations about how former president Donald Trump wanted to use the military.

Scott Simon talks to James French of the Montpelier Descendants Committee. It has gained structural parity in the administration of the Montpelier museum at President James Madison's home.

During the pandemic, mutual aid groups helped cover where social services fell short. One such group in San Diego was created after seeing connections between homelessness and racial injustice.

For Democrats looking for the president to lead amid a wave of bills intended to restrict voting access, his speech this week was a long time coming. But for some, it also fell short of expectations.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we dig into two big stories: how the number of COVID-19 cases in Florida has nearly doubled since last week, and how Haiti and Cuba are in crisis.

John Baptist Mukasa is one of the 4 million-plus people around the globe who have died because of this pandemic. His death is a reminder of the devastating toll of COVID-19.

The judge supported the preliminary injunction request from Brandon-based Gale Force Roofing & Restoration LLC. They say the law violates First Amendment rights by penalizing protected speech.

Florida is seeing an uptick in coronavirus cases, Gov. Ron DeSantis sells "Don't Fauci My Florida" merchandise on campaign website and the latest on the investigation into Haitian President Jovenel Moise's assassination and the uprising in Cuba.

Scott Simon speaks to Dr. Arturo Casadevall of Johns Hopkins University about current and future treatments for COVID-19 patients.

Deaths related to alcohol and drug overdoses in state prisons have jumped 600 percent. That's prompted advocates to push for a different way to prosecute and treat incarcerated people with addictions.

The jokes flew at the White House as President Joe Biden saluted the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

From "Woo-hoo!" to "Who wants a Skittle?" here's what Jeff Bezos and his crew said on their 10-minute Blue Origin flight to the edge of space.

The coronavirus infection rate will be discussed at upcoming talks, according to Toshiro Muto, CEO of the Tokyo Olympics' organizing committee.

An Israeli demolition last month revived fears among residents of al-Bustan in east Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood. "Yes, Bustan is going to be demolished for a park," says Jerusalem's deputy mayor.

After Palm Beach sex offender Jeffrey Epstein received a lenient sentence for his crimes, journalist Julie K. Brown identified 80 women who had survived his abuse. Her book is Perversion of Justice.

There are lots of ways to watch the 2020 Olympic Games, from streaming to mobile app to good old-fashioned broadcast television. Here's how and where to catch your favorite events.

The NEA celebrates the 40th anniversary of its Jazz Masters Fellowship and inducts the class of 2022, including four jazz icons: Billy Hart, Stanley Clarke, Cassandra Wilson and Donald Harrison, Jr.

Two weeks after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse sparked a power struggle, a 71-year-old neurosurgeon-turned-politician will be sworn-in Tuesday as prime minister.

"Wish-cyclers" are donating millions of pounds of broken goods and trash to Goodwill.

As part of a special project targeted at military kids, Sesame Workshop and its Muppets are tackling the subjects of race, diversity, and discrimination.

The theory of nigrescence describes the process of developing a Black identity. Namwali Serpell says it's like falling in love — and for her, it began when she first heard Lauryn Hill's 1998 album.

Schoolgirls were kidnapped in Nigeria Tuesday. The suspects are believed to be with a radical group blamed for a bombing Monday. Kelly McEvers talks to Michelle Faul of The Associated Press.

Officials in Surfside, Fla., on Sunday said that four more bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of the Champlain Towers South building. Some 31 people remain listed as missing.

Richard Branson and a crew of three others grazed the edge of space Sunday morning in a rocket built by the British billionaire's company, Virgin Galactic.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to Miami Herald reporter Nora Gámez Torres about protests in Cuba against the decades-old dictatorship that demonstrators blame for food and vaccine shortages.