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After threats of possible violent protests at state capitals across the country, about 10 supporters appeared in Tallahassee to show their support of President Trump.

Shannon Estenoz will become the deputy assistant secretary overseeing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service.

Former President Donald Trump skipped Wednesday's inauguration, defying a long-lasting tradition. He held his own farewell ceremony before going to Florida.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Heather Cox Richardson, an American historian at Boston College, about the historical significance of President Biden's inauguration.

Mary Louise Kelly talks to Barbara Sharief, mayor of Broward County, Fla., about cleanup effort after Hurricane Irma. Schools are scheduled to open Monday, now that power has been restored.

For the first time, the American Academy of Pediatrics has weighed in on what teens and young adults (and their doctors and parents) need to know about safely getting piercings and tattoos.

A study from the University of Pennsylvania examines how people view men with shaved heads. Turns out, people see men with shaved heads as more dominant than guys with thinning hair or thick hair.

Even before Harvey, Houston had an affordable housing crisis. Prices are rising for apartments that weren't damaged, forcing some to stay in flood-damaged apartments, while others face eviction.

Of the more than 1 million people who have received a coronavirus vaccine in Florida, only about 5% are Black.

Stephen Colbert hosted the 69th Emmy Awards Sunday night in Los Angeles. The Handmaid's Tale won the Emmy for drama series. Veep and Atlanta split the major comedy categories.

Rachel Martin talks to incoming House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer about prospects for ending the government shutdown as Democrats take control of the House. Kelsey Snell weighs in on the conversation.

Noel King talks to Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, president of Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., about the possibility that the women-only and historically black college, may lose its accreditation.

Netflix's adult animation series about a washed-up sitcom star who happens to be a horse set its serious examinations of addiction, trauma and mental illness against a bright, cartoony backdrop.

John Lansing will succeed Jarl Mohn as NPR's next CEO. Lansing is currently chief executive of the government agency that oversees Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, among others.

Rachel Martin talks to Derek Thompson of The Atlantic about the impact of college selectivity on life after graduation.

In a recent study of patients treated by emergency medical responders in Oregon, black patients were 40 percent less likely to get pain medicine than their white peers. Why?

A ticket from Vietnam to New York usually goes for about $16,000. But on New Year's Day the airline accidentally sold business and first-class tickets for around $675.

The government shutdown enters its 10th day. Volunteers in El Paso, Texas, staff pop-up medical clinics to screen migrant children at the border. Ballots are counted in Congo's presidential election.

Last year's performance by financial markets was the worst in 10 years. Noel King talks to David Wessel of the Brookings Institution about the economic and political implications on the 2019 markets.

In response to the deaths of two Guatemalan children in U.S. custody, the Department of Homeland Security has ordered more stringent medical screenings of minors detained at the border.

Noel King talks to Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project, about the rise in hate crimes, and the outlook for 2019.

The group of women who've met for 25 years watched the event with tears and cheers. Some are, like Kamala Harris, graduates of Howard University and/or members of Harris' Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

President Biden seeks not just to undo Trump's most controversial immigration policies, but to make a pathway to legalization for more than 10 million immigrants who are in the country illegally.

NPR's Noel King talks to the team associated with Cops and Robbers which combines animation with activism, with themes of childhood innocence and traumatic realities of racial injustice.

The social media site Parler went dark after Amazon's web-hosting services pulled the plug. This highlighted the often invisible Internet infrastructure that makes using the Internet possible.