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Surging COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island mean the state might not have enough medical workers to treat all the people hospitalized.

Critics say the therapy harms minors who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. But an Atlanta-based appeals court sided with therapists who challenged the ban's constitutionality.

With lawmakers facing a mounting year-end to-do list, a deal on a new coronavirus relief package continues to be elusive for Congress.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with law professor Edward Foley about the Electoral College process and the long-term ramifications of Republican efforts to overturn the election results.

Colorado Mesa University was able to hold its graduation ceremonies in person this year, thanks to the use of a private jet to carry COVID-19 tests to and from a lab on the other side of the state.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Hamilton star Daveed Diggs and composer Jonathan Snipes of the group Clipping about their recent addition to the holiday song canon.

The Rev. Julio Martinez put a portrait of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the back of a pickup truck and celebrated the festival in the front yards of church members.

Th first stop on an NPR college road trip: move-in day at the University of Georgia, where thousands are beginning an unusual fall semester.

Colleges have been publicly shaming students for partying — even fellow students are reporting others to campus police. But experts say shame has never worked in public health interventions.

In Michigan, there are two big state universities, situated barely an hour apart. Both of them have been stymied in the first weeks of school by the rapid spread of the coronavirus.

A look at the state of colleges in Iowa, which has the third-highest number of new infections per capita in the U.S. Iowa State will play its first game of the season in an empty stadium.

As coronavirus cases surge across the U.S., college students are nearing Thanksgiving break. But going home is complicated this year. We discuss how colleges ensure students' safe travel.

Electors from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will meet Monday to cast their ballots for the president and vice president — formalizing Joe Biden as the next president.

Puerto Rican singer José Feliciano first came up with the Spanish/English Christmas song because he missed his family. Now, 50 years later, he's recorded a new version with 30 friends.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Loretta Christensen, chief medical officer of the Indian Health Service's Navajo Area, about the challenges of fighting the coronavirus on the Navajo Nation.

With colder weather on the horizon and the pandemic worsening across the U.S., NPR offers some tips for socializing outdoors and staying safe in the winter.

With a spike in COVID-19 infections, hospitals in California's San Joaquin Valley are suffering from a staffing shortage. It's made worse because hundreds of health care workers are quarantined.

The state is processing about 10,000 applications for concealed weapons licenses a week.

Pride died Saturday from complications of COVID-19 in Dallas. The baritone-voiced singer was the first Black man inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are arriving at distribution centers across the country. The initial batch of doses will be limited.

NPR's Michel Martin discusses college admissions and athletic recruitment amid a pandemic with three people who have deep knowledge of the process: Jenny Rickard, Beth Arey and Ellen Zavian.

Students at the University of Georgia move into dorms this week as Georgia continues to record more than 1,000 coronavirus cases a day.

As Thanksgiving break approaches, many schools are seeing spikes in coronavirus cases. Some campuses are using students to work the phones as contact tracers.

The clock is ticking for lawmakers to repeal the bailouts that are part of an alleged $61 million bribery scheme. They only have a few weeks before new charges appear on customers' electric bills.

The anti-government protesters there have a new young face — high schoolers who call themselves Bad Students. They're demanding changes to the constitution and curbs on the monarchy.