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The spike in COVID-19 cases is battering hospitals, and Los Angeles County is in crisis. The number will likely go up after a weekend of New Year's celebrations despite lockdown rules.

There was an unusual sight on the men's college basketball court on Tuesday: every player on the Boston University and Holy Cross teams was wearing a mask.

Country singer Brandy Clark wrote her new song, "Remember Me Beautiful," for the Morning Edition Song Project after a writing session with friends who had lost relatives during the pandemic.

Congress meets in a joint session on Wednesday to formally count the Electoral College votes. Numerous Republican members of the House and Senate plan to go on record against Joe Biden's victory.

The surviving members of the R&B trio talk with NPR's David Greene about the trials and successes of their careers, which have spanned two decades. The group's journey will be revisited in an upcoming biopic, CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story.

Three brand-new cable channels all share exactly the same problem: How do you wrench the eyeballs of 20-somethings away from their gadgets and toward old-fashioned regular TV?

At its core, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay says, the project is about letting people know their lives matter and won't be forgotten. The result often means that listeners have a good cry on their way to work. As the oral history project marks its 10th anniversary, NPR will be revisiting some of your favorite stories.

In a sleepy town in the Ozarks, population 300, one woman is trying to turn the local public library into a hub for learning. She's one of thousands of librarians around the country working to bring a sense of community to isolated areas.

Lawmakers meet Wednesday to formally count the Electoral College votes. About a dozen Senate Republicans, and a large group of House GOP lawmakers, will object, but that will not change the outcome.

As votes are counted in Ga. Senate runoffs, Congress will certify presidential results. Charges won't be file against white officer who killed Jacob Blake. Pandemic reaches tipping point in LA county.

The Sarasota County School District currently requires all students and staff to wear face masks, unless they have a medical exemption.

It involved as many as 3,600 squirrels that were smuggled into South Korea.

The president's remarks came during a call intended to discuss strategy for the Nov. 3 election. Trump has been at loggerheads with public health experts on how best to contain the pandemic.

Voting’s no longer as simple as showing up at a polling place and making a few selections. That's why we're answering your questions here.

Researchers launched a major study of an experimental Alzheimer's drug this summer. They also learned a lot about how to protect participants who must make frequent visits to a medical center.

"When you say things like, ‘It's just like the flu,’ or you know, ‘Mortality rate is not that bad,’ you are telling people like me that – I'm going to have to deal with some of this for the rest of my life – you're telling people like me that it's okay, it doesn’t matter."

This decision comes after a chaotic first debate that was widely criticized for its largely unstructured nature. President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are set to face off on Thursday.

Orlando supporters showed up in about 50 cars that honked their horns as Harris urged them to vote. "You will make it happen," she said.

"It made me very angry at the dichotomy between the wealthy and the not-so-wealthy."

A measure on the November ballot would give more voters a say in primary elections. In a rare instance, both of the major political parties in Florida are on the same side about this issue.

Since 2014, Richard Wang has called Major League Baseball games in Chinese for fans in Taiwan. When COVID-19 delayed the MLB season, he had a chance to bring Taiwan baseball to the world in English.

The number of coronavirus tests returned Sunday was under 40,000 — the positivity rate for tests was just below 5%.

The positivity rate for new coronavirus tests in Florida Monday was over 6 percent for the first time since early September.

The state of Florida has created a website to help voters navigate this year’s election, given the increase in demand for Early Voting and Vote-by-Mail.