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Ohio's daily COVID-19 case count has hit an all-time high. NPR's A Martinez speaks with infectious disease expert Dr. Jennifer Wall Forrester about what federal assistance is needed.

NPR's Melissa Block talks to Dr. Essie Reed at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., about the strains of the COVID-19 surge on personnel and care.

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the West on Thursday to move quickly to meet Russia's demand for security guarantees precluding NATO's expansion to Ukraine.

The FDA authorizes the first antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 at home. The House Jan. 6 panel wants to talk to Trump ally Rep. Jordan. Russian President Putin holds his annual year-end new conference.

Pfizer has received emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 pill, giving doctors a new tool for treating the virus. Who qualifies to take it and is it expected to work against the omicron variant?

Holiday gift donations have poured in from across the country for children who survived the tornadoes in western Kentucky.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is infamous in the NFL. But there's a quiet population of everyday people who never played pro sports yet fear CTE. Here are some of their stories.

A Palestinian who gives tours of Bethlehem, and the different meanings it holds for different people, reflects on another subdued Christmas in the West Bank city.

In 2004, Waters shared music from his album A John Waters Christmas, an anthology of catchy, entertaining and ridiculous holiday songs that reflect his fascination with the odd and unusual.

To understand the friction between Russia and Ukraine, it's important to go back to 1991. Exactly 30 years ago this weekend, the Soviet Union formally dissolved and broke up into 15 separate nations.

Former police officer Kim Potter was found guilty of manslaughter in the killing of Daunte Wright. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to Wright's aunt Naisha Wright and attorney Benjamin Crump.

Led by nearly 2.6 million in Florida, 13.6 million Americans have enrolled for next year . A boost in subsidies marketing and assistance in navigating the process helped increased the rolls of the insured.

The theme park says masks will be required at all public indoor locations and at all attractions from the moment guests enter the lines to when they leave.

Hold the date: Sept. 9, 2034. That's when the Arizona Wildcats and the Texas Tech Red Raiders have rescheduled a football game. It was postponed because of the pandemic. Why 14 years? It's unclear.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with reporter Matt Sullivan about the how the NBA is handling a COVID outbreak during its Christmas Day schedule.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks to Betsy Mayotte of the Institute of Student Loan Advisors about the latest extension on the student loan pause and what borrowers can do to prepare for repayments.

It's been a difficult year for many people. NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with poet Danez Smith about using poetry to understand and process complex emotions like grief.

Filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar takes a long, colorful look at motherhood in his melodrama Parallel Mothers, starring Penélope Cruz.

We remember some of the luminaries we lost this year: Chick Corea; Milford Graves; Dr. Lonnie Smith; Pat Martino; Dottie Dodgion; Howard Johnson; Slide Hampton; Curtis Fuller; and Ralph Peterson Jr.

The James Webb Space Telescope is on the way to its final destination, about a million miles from Earth. From there, it will make unprecedented observations of the universe.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Jan. 6 committee member Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., about where his panel's investigation stands ahead of the one-year anniversary of the attack.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks to Morgan Eutermoser, an emergency room physician, about her experience working through Christmas Day during a COVID-19 surge in Colorado.

NPR staffers discuss their favorite Christmas songs.

Authorities on the Canary Islands declared an eruption that started in September officially finished following 10 days of no lava flows, seismic activity or significant sulfur dioxide emissions.

The father of NPR's Uri Berliner packed a stuffed monkey when he fled the Nazis as a child. He kept the toy for decades before donating it to a museum, an act that led to a remarkable discovery.