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The positivity rate for new cases of COVID-19 was at 3.75% of tests returned Monday. That is well below the rate where the numbers of cases are considered to be accelerating.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Hozayfa Yazji of the Norwegian Refugee Council about the children who have been killed in Gaza — some of whom had been receiving therapy for trauma from prior conflicts.

Most big city marathons were called off last year. Now that pandemic restrictions have eased, major marathons are planned for later in 2021 in cities including New York, Boston and Chicago.

A first-hand experience with racism led two Asian American high schoolers to create an online magazine that documents what they go through.

The National Restaurant Association is recommending to its members that employees continue to wear masks until the government clarifies how the guidance applies to a requirement to keep workers safe.

The new speedrunning game from Detroit developer Aerial_Knight combines a Black cyberpunk aesthetic with clear, compelling mechanics for a game you'll want to play over and over again.

The third season of Netflix's show, Master of None drops on Sunday. The show has changed focus from star Aziz Ansari following an allegation against him of misconduct on a date.

A new women's team is aiming to make history at this year's Indianapolis 500 with a woman owner, driver and crew members. In more than 100 years, only nine women drivers have competed.

Eleven years ago, a now-deceased millionaire hid a treasure and published a riddle that would help hunters find it. The chase spawned partnerships, marriages, but also burglary and even deaths.

Alden Global Capital is poised to win a shareholder vote to assume full ownership of Tribune Publishing – including the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News, and other storied metro papers.

The jokes come fast and furious in this Hulu series about a D-list supervillain (voiced by co-creator Patton Oswalt) struggling to keep it together.

The administration is now caring for almost 20,000 migrant children — most of them in emergency shelters. Lawyers argue that the shelters are a violation of what's called the Flores agreement.

Isaiah Acosta was born with life-threatening health issues. Now 21, he's done far more than beat the odds. At StoryCorps, his mother Tarah told him, "You want to do it all, whether it's scary or not."

Two low home appraisals spurred a Black woman in Indianapolis to administer her own fair housing test. The result led her to file a complaint alleging housing discrimination.

Some activists are sitting out protests after deadly incidents around the country. Others say they are not deterred but are taking extra safety precautions.

Twenty-five years after wolves were reintroduced to Idaho, state lawmakers want most of the animals killed, despite different advice from wildlife managers.

President Biden is getting ready for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month. Domestic politics are making Biden's approach to the talks even tougher.

Fully intact buildings stood right next to where others had been flattened. Families walked together in the streets, dressed-up in fancy clothes to visit relatives for Eid.

The 2007 home video raised the bar for "going viral." Now, the famous brothers are deleting the video from YouTube on May 23 to auction it off as a nonfungible token.

At a star-studded Hollywood event this week, studio executives and filmmakers made the pitch for audiences to return to theaters: Come back, not just for the popcorn, but for the magic of movies.

It's the first named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season — the seventh straight year a named storm formed before the official start of the season.

A national survey measures the demographics, policy views, voting behavior and other attributes of Americans who participated in the election. This is an alternative to traditional exit polls.

The new season of Netflix's Master of None is back, with lingering questions for star and co-creator, Aziz Ansari — questions the show tries to dodge by shifting its focus to Lena Waithe's character.

A judge ordered Fulton County to make plans to unseal at least 142,000 mail-in ballots it received in the election, clearing the way for another potential review of the ballots.

The White House has a new infrastructure proposal — and a smaller price tag designed to convince Republicans to support it.