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Facing backlash, Brazil's leaders now say they'll make a decision whether to host the popular soccer tournament on Tuesday. The country remains one of the world's worst pandemic hot spots.

A federally funded clinic in rural Mississippi embodies the history of community health centers in the U.S., and shows how these safety-net clinics can help minority patients during the pandemic.

NPR's Noel King talks to USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan about tennis star Naomi Osaka walking away from the French Open after a standoff with top officials over her media appearances.

Since middle school, Linden has wanted to make an engagement ring with a gem he mined. In May he drove to Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas and found a 2 carat yellow diamond. She said yes.

The CDC is working on a plan to safely reopen the country. Why some U.S. farmers are throwing out good food. And, China shuts down all land crossings with Russia to avoid new COVID-19 cases.

The Connecticut-born bassist was known both for his attack on the fingerboard and the decades he spent nurturing the next generation of players.

A budget airline helped open up Iceland to the masses and add to the nation's economic growth. The airline's collapse has had an equally profound impact on Iceland's economy.

Utility officials ask that you alert them before starting a project. A Colorado crew knocked out an underground fiber line that happened to be the one used by Colorado's call-before-you-dig hotline.

The campaign team made the announcement Wednesday. An alumnus of the Obama-Biden administration, Klain previously served as Joe Biden's chief of staff when he was vice president.

President Trump and his GOP allies are making a series of false claims about how last week's election went. NPR reporters discuss why those claims are false and the larger strategy behind making them.

Sports teams around the U.S. have turned over their stadiums and arenas to be used as pandemic-safe voting sites. And it's possible these polling places could become the future of Election Day.

NPR's Noel King talks to Jahmil Lacey, a researcher on health disparities, about systemic factors that might be behind COVID-19 rates among Blacks, and why distrust in medical authorities persists.

Robert W. Lee IV said some members of his congregation were uncomfortable with the media attention he received after his speech against racism and hate on MTV's Video Music Awards in August.

According to a statement from New York Public Radio, an outside investigation found that Garfield violated the company's anti-bullying policy. He was the subject of a similar investigation in 2020.

A fungus with psychedelic properties has infected a small percentage of Brood X cicadas which might cause the bugs to lose part of their body and mate like wild afterward.

Ninety percent of the West is under drought. Concerns of another bad fire year come as one farming community in Washington state has barely started cleaning up from a destructive fire last year.

People in Gaza talk about what life is like as Israeli airstrikes continue, taking lives and degrading infrastructure.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been working the phones to the Middle East — but at the same time he's continuing with talks about the Arctic during a visit to Iceland.

Wonka is a service dog for Kelly McMahon and a regular at the Las Vegas animal rescue that McMahon co-founded. When Wonka was diagnosed with cancer, the rescue group made a bucket list for the dog.

Colleges are trying to figure out if they can reopen. Should they go all online or some sort of hybrid? Schools are grappling with these questions and more. Researchers weigh in.

For One-Hit Wonders/Second-Best Songs, Mark Anthony Neal recommends Ronnie Dyson's "Ain't Nothing Wrong." He's known mostly for 1970's "(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?"

A group of nurses from Emory Healthcare in Georgia traveled to New York City in a response to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plea for help from health care workers across the country.

Beginning Friday, people in Los Angeles will be required to wear a mask when in public in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

With the recertification of the Boeing 737 Max expected soon, NPR takes a look at whether the changes required by the Federal Aviation Administration have been made.

President Trump has been saying there will be a coronavirus vaccine "within weeks," and drugmakers are racing to produce one. In China, hundreds of thousands of people have already gotten shots.