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NPR honors milestones — the pins people use to map out their lives and mark their accomplishments — that were lost this year due to the pandemic.

Israelis debated this year whether Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank live under apartheid, which has long been a taboo subject in Israel.

If you feel daunted by the responsibility of shepherding a child through difficult times, don't feel alone: "I'm afraid of those moments as a parent, too," says picture book author Matt de la Peña.

Trump's seal of approval, even after bashing the legislation, puts an end to uncertainty over when millions of Americans will receive the economic relief provided in the massive congressional package.

President Trump has signed a massive COVID-19 relief and omnibus spending package, deputy press secretary Judd Deere said Sunday night on Twitter.

Why did a mural of civil rights giant John Lewis recently go up in Rochester? One of the artists is from there, and it turns out, a group of nuns from Rochester helped to save Lewis' life in 1965.

In the midst of a pandemic that's wreaking havoc on prisons and disproportionately affects older people, activists known as the Kings Bay Plowshares have been sentenced to up to 33 months in prison.

This has been a tough year for pretty much everyone on Earth. But things have been going much better in space. One of the big milestone was for NASA and the commercial company SpaceX.

A daughter's attempt to cheer up her dad, 96-year-old Martin Adler, during the quarantine went viral in Italy. Adler and another soldier were looking for German troops when they found the children.

President Trump signed the coronavirus relief aid and government spending package after demanding last-minute changes that put the deal in limbo. Congress passed the legislation last week.

With hospitals overwhelmed, California has suspended its unique law limiting nurse-to-patient ratios. Nurses are protesting, and worry it could lead to the law being changed or scrapped.

Many small businesses are hanging by a thread right now. Congress has approved another round of loans to help keep their doors open, but it won't be enough to help the hardest hit.

A business that traditionally provided line standers for Broadway shows and other events, now serves people who don't want to wait hours outside a health clinic.

Gerald Stratford is a British gardener who's into growing big vegetables. He became an internet sensation after photos of his big veg went viral last year.

2020 will be over soon. But director Tyler Jones says it's important that we take time to honor and amplify the lessons learned during this year of racial reckoning.

Continuous rainfall is expected across the watch area on Saturday as the cold front becomes nearly stationary over the area.

Britain is now well and truly out of the European Union, and the border between the U.K. and its former partners in the EU will be very different,

South Korea has weathered the pandemic well until now, when cases have spiked to new highs. And despite its vaunted early response, vaccination won't begin until February.

Run by a South Korean woman, the Cosmos Karaoke Bar in Namie, Japan, is a haven for residents who've come back to live in a town that was evacuated and fell into decay after the 2011 nuclear disaster.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Todd Martens of The Los Angeles Times about virtual games families and friends can play together even when they are physically apart.

As patients continue to fill hospitals across the nation, a Minnesota nurse is using poetry writing as a way to cope.

Conrad Duran thought his old dining chairs had been stolen. He later found them returned, with a paint job and new seating.

In less than two months, the country doubled its total number of infections, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Nikhila Juvvadi, chief clinical officer at a Chicago hospital, says about 40 percent of the staff distrust the vaccines — in part because of deep-rooted cultural mistrust based on past abuses.

Rapper MF DOOM died on Oct. 31 of yet-unknown causes, his wife announced on New Year's Eve on social media. He was one of hip-hop's great lyricists and one of its most mysterious figures.