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Snow totals are down across the Great Lakes as warmer temperatures hamper lake-effect snow. That's hitting Michigan's Upper Peninsula hard. It is reliant on ski conditions to bolster its economy.

Latinos are more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 but less willing than others to get a vaccine, figures indicate. In Connecticut, efforts are under way to overcome their hesitancy.

The footprint is about 4" long and about 220 million years old. The print has gone to the National Museum in Cardiff, where a paleontologist says it is "the best specimen ever found on this beach."

The news that a Publix heir donated to President Trump's Jan. 6 Washington D.C. rally led to backlash on social media, with the hashtag #BOYCOTTPUBLIX trending on Twitter.

The Department of Homeland Security recently issued a bulletin warning of violence by domestic extremists. How is the government dealing with these threats?

Police officers in Rochester, N.Y., who handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl in distress after a family dispute, are suspended — following the release of body-cam footage of the ordeal.

The spread of new strains raises new questions as two COVID-19 vaccines continue their rollout across the U.S. and another vaccine candidate preps for regulatory review. Here's what you need to know.

Browns' season ticket holder Jeff Panovich will donate his epic ponytail to a nonprofit that makes wigs for kids, according to the Port Clinton News Herald.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., about the Republican's plan for new COVID-19 relief legislation and his meeting with President Biden Monday on winning bipartisan support.

Daniel Marks, the owner of a private gym in South Florida, hustles to save his business by loaning out his equipment and providing virtual workout sessions during the coronavirus pandemic.

With schools moved online and kids cooped up at home, soccer coaches, dance instructors and other leaders of extracurricular activites are finding creative ways of keeping kids active and engaged.

Almost 700 children under age 12 were killed or injured in gun violence last year. An afterschool program works with young boys who live in some of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in D.C.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Amanda Mull, a staff writer for The Atlantic, about what we lose when we no longer have relationships with the peripheral people in our lives due to the pandemic.

People in cold-weather states have been creating Little Free Sled Libraries where if your sled has broken or is lost, you can take one at no cost. The idea seems to have started in the Twin Cities.

Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson is finally wrapping up the credits she needs to finish her undergraduate degree — by doing an internship at her own office.

Brian Sicknick, the Capitol Police officer who died from injuries sustained during the insurrection, will lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. He will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery.

Economists say the initial Cash for Clunkers plan was inefficient. But they say a revised Biden administration plan aimed at trading in gas guzzlers for electric vehicles could be effective.

Former President Trump remains the gravitational center of the GOP. But some Republicans point to the party's losses in Georgia this month as a warning about embracing the 45th president too closely.

Even before his daughter Rasa was born, Jeremy Smith says he couldn't wait to teach her important life lessons. A decade later, Jeremy admits he has a lot to learn from his daughter

The CEO who is leading the mission is donating three other seats.

The company will ask the Florida Public Service Commission this spring to increase rates. Part of the funding would go toward a "modernization" project at the Big Bend Power Station.

The Pentagon runs a school district that spans the globe, with more than 82,000 students. By many measures it's very successful. The students perform well academically despite moving around a lot.

Talking about death makes many of us uncomfortable, so we don't plan for it. NPR's Life Kit offers tips for starting an advanced directive to prepare for a good death.

People 65 and older are priortized for vaccinations, but it's not always obvious how they should find a place to actually get a site. Efforts to help them are a hodgepodge nationwide.

The biggest film festival in Scandinavia usually draws tens of thousands of people. This year it will take place on a remote island with one audience member. Twelve thousand people entered to win.