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Most outgoing presidents spend their last weeks in office celebrating their record, but not President Trump. Instead, President-elect Joe Biden held his own kind of year-end press conference.

The pandemic has intensified the U.S. nursing shortage, creating opportunities for nurses willing to take on the riskiest work. The booming gig economy has given some a chance to double their pay.

Oil and gas companies make enough pellets each year to fill a stadium several times over. The oil industry has long known it has a pellet pollution problem, but that's not what it told the public.

Pueblo, Colo., used to be home to the world's largest mural. South Korea took the title in 2018, and Pueblo wants it back. NPR visits the great outdoor mural as its being created during the pandemic.

NASA announced 18 astronauts who will start training for the next moon mission. The mission will include the first woman to land on the moon in NASA's push for gender equality.

More women are coming forward to say they were coerced to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.

Social isolation has made life difficult for many senior citizens during the pandemic. Volunteers at one Sarasota organization are finding that a regular phone call can help.

Demand for bus travel has dropped sharply during the pandemic, jeopardizing an industry that ordinarily serves many lower-income travelers.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Edward Lucas of the Center for European Policy Analysis about his argument that Western Democracies must form a coalition, led by the U.S., to curb China's impact.

Parts of California have reached 0% capacity in ICUs, and hospitals are considering when to invoke crisis standards of care. That could lead to some patients being prioritized over others.

On Tuesday, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Walmart, alleging that the retail giant unlawfully dispensed controlled substances from pharmacies it operated nationwide.

A statewide moratorium on evictions due to the pandemic ended in September, and now a federal prohibition is set to expire in January.

The Kansas City Star noted it "disenfranchised, ignored and scored generations of Black Kansas Citians" for much of its 140 years of existence.

The latest Kids Count report shows that Florida’s families are struggling at higher percentages than families nationwide when it comes to food security, housing stability, and affordable health care during the pandemic.

Clemency advocates have pressed President Trump to intervene in the cases of people hit with mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses who have filled prisons in the past few decades.

France and the U.K. have eased border restrictions imposed after a new strain of the coronavirus was detected in Britain. Thousands of French and other European truckers had been stuck in Dover.

The leader of Low Cut Connie, tasked with writing a pandemic-era holiday song, thought back to a journal entry he wrote nearly 20 years ago, while working as a perfume spritzer at a local mall.

Why are numbers so high in the region? Public health officials point to a number of underlying problems that let the coronavirus run amok.

No one was injured, and rescue crews safely rerouted traffic. Cleanup took about two hours. Believe it or not, there are no reports of anyone getting out of their vehicle to snack.

Emma Ginder was teaching on Zoom when her class heard what sounded like her passing gas. She admitted playing a fart sound to lighten the mood, apologizing for having the maturity of a young boy.

Cardona is a former teacher and has spent much of the pandemic pushing to reopen schools. President-elect Joe Biden has not yet made the decision public.

The two Florida-based organizations' boards of directors have formally approved the merger, pending regulatory approval.

President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Miguel Cardona to be his secretary of education. Cardona will have a lot on his plate, but one of the administration's top priorities is reopening schools.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has chosen Secretary of State Alex Padilla to replace Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in the U.S. Senate. Padilla will be the state's first Latino to hold the position.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Tim Bakken, a law professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, about allegations that more than 70 cadets cheated on a remote exam last spring.