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The pandemic led to a travel decline, and airlines put thousands of planes in storage. With vaccinations rising and interest in flying surging, getting those planes out of storage is difficult.

Demonstrators demanded the release from prison of Kremlin-critic Alexei Navalny, who has been on a hunger strike for three weeks. The marches swept across dozens of cities.

Namibia's president says disparate global rates of vaccination represent "COVID apartheid." When you compare percent of people vaccinated in the most populous countries, you can understand his ire.

President Emmanuel Macron, in a televised address to the nation, said he was left with no choice as deaths approach 100,000 and the country's hospitals are overwhelmed.

The global shortage of chips could hurt production of iPads and Macs, costing Apple $3 billion to $4 billion in revenue, in what is the latest example of a company being hit by supply constraints.

Federal investigators in Manhattan executed a search warrant on Rudy Giuliani's apartment as part of a probe into the former New York City mayor's activities involving Ukraine, his attorney told NPR.

Hundreds of workers were told to get the center near the city of Wuhan built in under a week as authorities cope with the new viral pneumonia that has killed 41 people and infected over 1,000 others.

NPR's A Martinez talks to journalist Sanosi Adam about Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigning a little over a month after he was ousted in a coup by the country's military and then was reinstated.

Police said two people who were wounded remain in a life-threatening condition after the attack on Saturday. Passengers reported scenes of panic and chaos ,with many running through the carriages.

In 1968, Nathaniel Estes started his own plumbing business in Denver's Five Points neighborhood. As his company grew, he became a pillar of the local Black community. His son, Eddie Estes, and daughter, Cathy Lane, remember their now 94-year-old father, and what it was like growing up as the plumber's kids.

Health officials have confirmed that four people in South Florida appear to have contracted Zika from local mosquitoes. They're the first cases of local transmission on the U.S. mainland.

The Biden administration's student loan relief program, SAVE, is set to reduce payments this summer for many borrowers, but there are legal challenges looming.

There's a new Guinness World Record holder for how fast someone can do math. Aaryan Shukla -- who has been dubbed "the human calculator" can solve complex problems in his head in seconds.

The 33-year-old singer collaborated with Nobel Prize winner María Corina Machado during last year's highly-contested elections in Venezuela.

Mark Geralds became the 18th person put to death in Florida this year, further extending the state's record for total executions in a single year.

Most forecasters say 2021 is shaping up to be another above-normal season, but likely not as busy as the record breaking 2020 hurricane season.

The Supreme Court has concluded oral arguments for this year's term, which featured remote sessions and a new justice.

James Fackrell, a descendant of the of the Snoqualmie Tribe in Washington State, is on his way to Brown after gaining entry to the university’s guaranteed medical school acceptance program.

Newly vaccinated Americans are spending more freely on restaurants, travel and live entertainment. That should give a boost to pandemic-scarred service industries.

NBC announced it is cancelling the Golden Globes because reforms to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — after allegations of unethical and possibly illegal activities — do not go far enough.

"Herd immunity," in which the vast majority of a population has immunity, has been cited as the key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. But public health experts are split on whether it can be achieved.

The NPR Student Podcast Challenge returns for a second year. Last year more than 25,000 students from all 50 states participated, raising the voices of young people on a wide range of issues.

The past year, with COVID and calls for social justice, has made those running Lincoln Center and other arts organizations question their core missions, says Lincoln Center's president Henry Timms.

Missouri is the first state to sue China for spreading the coronavirus. But China is protected by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Missouri claims there are exceptions.

Palestinian health officials say 10 children were among the dozens of people killed in Gaza. The three Israelis were killed by rockets fired by Palestinian militants.