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The company is continuing the tradition of designs inspired by fictional characters. The latest is based on Keanu Reeves' character in the video game "Cyberpunk 2077."

Bars and alcohol sales in Key West will close at 10 p.m. on New Year's Eve and through the weekend. A federal judge Tuesday denied a challenge from a resident who said the curfew violated his Constitutional rights.

“The women at Lowell Correctional Institution fully recognize that their own actions have resulted in their removal from society, but the persistent sexual abuse they have been subjected to is inhumane and detrimental to the reputation of our state,” Tampa Democratic Senator Janet Cruz wrote in the letter to Gov. DeSantis. “These women deserve better.”

Lawyers for the NRA and the state are squabbling over who should be allowed to offer testimony in a case involving a Florida law that raises the minimum age to buy rifles and other long guns.

The U.K. has authorized emergency use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine. In the U.S., Pfizer and Moderna are now distributing their vaccines. Other vaccine candidates may be available soon.

Boston Celtics player and coach K.C. Jones has died at age 88. NPR remembers his understated manner and how he let the players have the limelight.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a proposal to vote on the House bill on $2,000 direct payments. Also, the Senate will vote Wednesday to override President Trump's veto of the NDAA.

The clock at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland, traditionally runs three minutes fast and is set back to match Greenwich Mean Time only on Dec. 31. This year, it will keep running fast.

Public transit agencies in the U.S. are struggling with lower ridership and revenues during the pandemic. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with transit experts about whether subway and bus systems can survive.

The son of Italian immigrants worked with luminaries such as filmmaker Jean Cocteau and designer Christian Dior before launching his own line.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Michael Balsamo of The Associated Press about the Department of Justice decision not to press charges against the officers involved in the shooting of Tamir Rice in 2014.

Florida hospital executives told the governor it could take months to vaccinate seniors without a better plan from the state.

"The work that we do abroad fundamentally has to connect to making the lives of working people better, safer, fairer" in America, Jake Sullivan tells NPR in an interview.

Debbie Williams died in April of non-COVID-19 related causes. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Scott Williams, Debbie's husband, and Andy Williams, their son, about losing a loved one during a pandemic.

Argentina will legalize abortion following a successful vote in the Senate early Wednesday. The decision could send shock waves throughout the heavily Roman Catholic region of Latin America.

As the Trump administration accelerates the pace of federal executions in its final days, some Democrats are feeling more urgency to push the president-elect to act upon taking office.

Major League Baseball's decision to eliminate 40 minor league teams is angering residents. In cities big and small, these teams are as much a cultural identity as an inexpensive and fun family outing.

President Trump's call to boost pandemic relief payments to $2,000 remains stuck in the Senate. Economists say there are more targeted ways to provide help to the people who need it most.

The Senate could vote Wednesday on a bill that ties the $2,000 relief checks — backed by Democrats and President Trump — to a controversial change to liability laws for social media companies.

Misinformation about the election and the coronavirus is also gaining a foothold in American society, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll.

Nashville police were warned last year that Christmas Day bomber Anthony Warner was building an explosive device. Previously, authorities had said Warner was unknown to them.

Officials in Columbus, Ohio, fired Adam Coy, the white police officer who shot and killed Andre Hill, a Black man during an early morning service call. Activists want the officer to be indicted.

Total payments to farmers reached $46 billion, a record. Many received more than $100,000, yet didn't necessarily need the help.

Leaders of the nation's federal vaccine effort, called Operation Warp Speed, said the U.S. has deployed around 14 million vaccine doses as of Wednesday with just 2.1 million Americans vaccinated.

In 2018, he confessed to the murder of 93 women over the course of 35 years. At the time of his death, police were still trying to connect him to dozens of murders.