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Palau has seen no COVID-19 cases and Taiwan has kept the virus in check. Taiwan's first tourist flight to Palau during the pandemic era landed Thursday. Travelers do not need to quarantine on arrival.

Most families have a tradition when everyone gathers. In the South, that tradition often involves a game of spades. Families have had to get creative to keep these activities going in the pandemic.

While Germany struggles to try to contain the pandemic, airlines have planned more than 300 extra flights to take German vacationers to sunny Majorca over the Easter holidays.

Citing vaccination rollouts and various stimulus packages globally, the powerful oil cartel and its allies made a surprise announcement that it would gradually boost oil production over three months.

From dorm room COVID-19 safety to virtual office hours, graduating high school seniors have lots of question about college in a pandemic. We've invited current college students to answer some.

On the heels of IKEA's success with its podcast — a four-hour reading of its catalog — scores of new non-storytelling podcasts have broken new ground reading other catalogs and lists.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Maria Lehman of the American Society of Civil Engineers about the decline of infrastructure across the U.S.

The hedge fund Alden Global Capital is poised to acquire full control of Tribune Publishing. It already owns nearly 200 papers around the country. Those who have worked for the company say: beware.

Thursday's positivity rate in Florida was 6.41 percent on 128,590 tests.

A Baltimore company trying to produce COVID-19 vaccines had to throw out a bad batch of the Johnson & Johnson product. That sets back efforts to expand production of this vaccine.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Michelle Voepel, a staff write for ESPN, about the NCAA women's tournament and the Final Four.

On the fourth day of Derek Chauvin's trial for the murder of George Floyd, the courtroom's focus shifted to Floyd's drug use and medical evidence.

Unemployment is falling, but young people have been hit especially hard by pandemic job loss and have been slow to recover. Now, a whole new class of graduates is preparing to enter the workforce.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is helping the Biden administration administer COVID-19 vaccines and process unaccompanied minors at the border. But could the agency become stretched too thin?

Major League Baseball Opening Day is here and it's the first time in a year that fans can catch a regular season game. But because of COVID-19, most stadiums won't be filled anywhere near capacity.

A growing number of company executives are speaking out against Georgia's new voting law, which critics say will restrict voting access and disproportionately harm people of color.

The new data show the drop in ticket sales at theaters, arts centers and orchestras in the United States, U.K. and Canada has been "catastrophic" for the performing arts.

In emotional testimony, Courteney Ross described to the jury the man she knew, adding detail to a life that ended when George Floyd died in police custody last Memorial Day.

Scott Weidensaul has spent decades studying bird migration. "There is a tremendous solace in watching these natural rhythms play out again and again," he says. His new book is A World On the Wing.

The nets that ensnare the giant totoaba fish also trap and kill an endangered porpoise called the vaquita.

Testimony began Tuesday in the historic trial of Spain's Princess Cristina. She's the first Spanish royal ever to sit in the defendant's dock and faces eight years in prison if convicted of tax fraud.

Syrians are fleeing to Turkey to seek safety from increased airstrikes around the city of Aleppo. But Turkey — already hosting more than 2 million Syrians — says it can't let them in yet.

The GOP presidential hopefuls are trading attacks on the use of water boarding and other such harsh interrogation techniques. Donald Trump vows he would revive those techniques as president and has attacked Sen. Ted Cruz for opposing that idea. Many critics and studies, however, conclude that harsh techniques do not work.

New Hampshire voters weigh in on the presidential candidates as they go to the polls on primary day.

President Obama delivered the final budget of his presidency to Congress on Tuesday. Republicans in Congress have declined to consider the proposal and even listen to the president's budget chief talk to them about it.