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The trial itself will begin on Feb. 9, giving the Democratic House impeachment managers and Trump's defense team two weeks to file briefs and finalize their legal preparations.

After a huge coronavirus outbreak in the fall, South Dakota is now one of the leading states in vaccine distribution. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Shankar Kurra of Monument Health Rapid City Hospital.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he has tested positive for the coronavirus. He has long downplayed the virus, and his diagnosis comes amid record-high cases and deaths in Mexico.

Israel agreed to provide Pfizer with a trove of medical data about its citizens in return for COVID-19 vaccine supplies. Some privacy experts there are concerned.

A Colorado voting machine company is suing Rudy Giuliani, one of former President Donald Trump's lawyers, for his baseless claims related to the election and the company's equipment.

An NPR investigation found that police have shot and killed 135 unarmed Black people since 2015 — with some officers involved in more than one shooting.

Nearly three weeks after the insurrection at the Capitol, prosecutors have charged more than 120 people. NPR offers an update on the investigation and looks at the role played by extremist groups.

Fox News is doubling down on its opinion shows and firing or sidelining some journalists as it adjusts to the Biden era. NPR discusses what these moves might tell about what Fox is trying to achieve.

Mike Milosh, the voice of the R&B collective, says creativity permeates every hour of his life — so he tried to make a sacred space for it while recording his new album, Home.

Among the measures are a full legalization of marijuana, along with a proposal that would prevent employees from being penalized if they test positive but have a prescription.

It would require new state employees to enroll in a 401(k)-style plan instead of a pension plan.

The House of Representatives, which voted to impeach Trump last week, plans to transmit the article of impeachment on Monday evening.

Jan. 23 marks the one-year anniversary of the strict lockdown imposed on the first epicenter of COVID-19. Here's what residents have to say about their experience.

In a tweet Thursday, Broward County health officials unwittingly announced the “new state appointment system” ahead of state health officials. For now, the pilot is only available in Miami-Dade County, where it first launched last week, and in some of the state's largest counties — Broward, Duval, Hillsborough and Lee.

FEMA is looking to put more displaced people in hotels, but in areas of coastal New Jersey, that's easier said than done. Rooms are incredibly hard to come by, as hotels are full with evacuees from the coast. Meanwhile, out-of-state workers who've come to help with the recovery have to sleep in the back of trucks.

Voters have given President Obama a second term in office. He defeated Republican Mitt Romney in a hard-fought race in which the economy was the dominant issue. In the end, Obama narrowly won the popular vote but captured more than 300 electoral votes to Romney's 206.

In Florida, the presidential race is still too close to call. Exit polls show President Obama with strong support among Black and Hispanic voters in the state. The party retained a Senate seat and picked up a few key congressional races.

Coverage of the memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg includes part of President Obama's speech.

The nation's economy has been rebuilding since the recession ended in 2009, and in this election, the economy was a central issue from the beginning. Unemployment stands at 7.9 percent — slightly higher than when President Obama took office. In the end, the president handily rolled to re-election vowing to complete the country's recovery.

It was not an ordinary Election Day in Belmar, N.J., one of the beach towns that was badly damaged by Superstorm Sandy. Some of the regular polling places were flooded, and town officials had to come up with new ways to get voters to the polls.

President Obama won re-election by largely maintaining — and in some cases expanding — support from two key demographics: African-American and Latino voters. For more on these demographics, Renee Montagne and Steve Inskeep speak with Gabriel Sanchez of Latino Decisions and Jason Johnson of The Source.

Media companies are counting themselves among the winners in the 2012 election. SuperPAC spending on political ads will push the total amount spent past 2008 totals. The biggest beneficiaries are the usual suspects: Comcast, Disney, NewsCorp and CBS, but also locally owned TV and radio stations — especially those in swing states like Ohio and Florida.

President Obama won re-election, not by going after independent voters, but by going after emerging groups in the U.S. population. By race, age and gender, voters made clear there are two — or more — Americas, and the Obama team captured more of them, and delivered more of them to the polls.

In Arizona, some people who couldn't vote had a personal stake in getting others to the polls. Young undocumented immigrants walked neighborhoods in the Phoenix area, looking for citizens who support one piece of legislation which could change their lives.

Among Chinese citizens, there is a sense of frustration and fascination that Americans have the right to vote for their own leaders.