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President-elect Joe Biden's top picks for national security and foreign policy positions face Senate confirmation hearings Tuesday. They will be questioned on a range of challenges facing the U.S.

Howard University's Showtime Marching Band will be part of the inaugural activities. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, a Howard graduate, often included drum lines in her campaign events.

It's President Trump' last full day in office. Senate panels consider five of President-elect Biden's cabinet nominees. Thousands of Honduran immigrants cross into Guatemala trying to reach the U.S.

When schools closed last spring, children with severe mental illnesses were cut off from the services they'd come to rely on. Many have since spiraled into emergency rooms and even police custody.

Jackie Northam of member station WBEZ visits a section of Chicago known as Bridgeport, where 13-year-old Lenard Clark was beaten into a coma eighteen months ago. Bridgeport had been known for its racial intolerance, and the beating of the young African-American man only served to highlight the tensions in the area. She examines the nature of race relations in Chicago in general and Bridgeport in particular...and how racial attitudes have changed since programs were launched in the wake of the attack on Lenard Clark. The programs are designed to mend racial differences and contribute to a dialogue between the races.

A Polk Sheriff's deputy is in jail for allegedly texting a fellow deputy that lawmakers on Capitol Hill should have been "executed."

Although vaccination has begun, this winter has been the deadliest season of the pandemic. The U.S. death toll jumped from 300,000 to 400,000 in just five weeks.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, about what legislation he thinks lawmakers will come together across the aisle for and pass quickly.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with historian Micki McElya, who wrote The Politics of Mourning, about the significance of the tribute at the Lincoln Memorial in honor of those who died of COVID-19.

More transmissible forms of the coronavirus have emerged on three continents, and at least one is circulating across the U.S. But scientists are especially worried about a variant spreading in Brazil.

The rate of new positive coronavirus infections continues to stay under 10%.

Most bridges between Virginia and Washington, D.C. are closed for the inauguration. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam about how his state is preparing for Wednesday's events.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, about security around the inauguration following the Capitol riot.

A vast network of activists and organizations emerged to oppose Donald Trump's presidency. Many are trying to figure out how to form a new agenda and remain relevant once he leaves office.

After the first known U.S. case of COVID-19 was reported in Snohomish County, Wash., on Jan. 20, 2020, local and state officials mobilized their public health forces against a poorly understood virus.

Overwhelmed sewers. Flooded streets. Deadly heat waves. Baltimore is one of many American cities where the costs of climate change far exceed local resources. Should oil companies pay?

Jackie Northam of member station WBEZ in Chicago reports on the imminent trial of three white teenagers charged with attempted murder and hate crimes for the racially-motivated beating of an African-American teen last year. 13-year-old Lenard Clark was beaten so badly he slipped into a coma. His slow recovery has been followed by the national media. Prosecutors say they have a strong case despite the murder of one witness, and the disappearance of another. Community activists say the prosecution's problems could mean that the perpetrators of this crime could escape punishment.

The Rev. John Wilkins of Hunters Chapel in Mississippi spent his life performing gospel blues in and out of the church. He died of COVID-19 at age 76.

President-elect Joe Biden arrived in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday's inauguration. He will attend a memorial service for those who have died of COVID-19.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jennifer Mercieca, a historian of American political rhetoric, about how President Trump has changed the way Americans talk about politics, the government and each other.

Jackie Northam of member station WBEZ reports on the long-delayed start of the trial of the first of three white teenagers accused of beating 13-year-old Lenard Clark into a coma in March of 1997, in what police say was a racially motivated attack. The high-profile case was delayed in part because of the fate of two key witnesses; one was murdered and the other is missing, with rumors of possible mob connections.

Jackie Northam of member station WBEZ in Chicago reports that two white men charged with the brutal racially motivated beating of a Chicago teenager today pleaded guilty and avoided jail time.

The world temperature has increased about 2 degrees overall from the 1881-1910 baseline used to assess warming during the industrial era.

At her confirmation hearing Tuesday, Treasury Secretary-designate Janet Yellen warned that without more federal help, the recession would last longer and be more painful than necessary.

Warnings about violent protests at state capitols Sunday did not pan out in Tallahassee amid heightened security and increased law enforcement presence.