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Masterpiece Theatre has been an integral part of public broadcasting since its debut, 40 years ago this month. But Alistair Cooke, the show's armchair host, thought it wouldn't last.

The U.S. Department of Justice claims the Texas law contains several provisions that "will disenfranchise eligible Texas citizens who seek to exercise their right to vote."

The annual tradition pays tribute to people for achievements made over the previous year. The government said it was the most ethnically diverse Honours List yet.

A shepherd in Germany arranged her animals into a 330-foot syringe to encourage people to get vaccinated.

NPR's Scott Simon details how many of Brazil's açaí berries are harvested: by children.

The U.S. State Department removed Colombia's FARC rebel group from its list of international terrorist organizations.

President Biden plans to stick with Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve. The Fed is wrestling with an uneven recovery and the highest inflation in more than three decades.

The omicron variant has not been detected in the U.S., but Dr. Anthony Fauci says it is certain to be at some point. Fauci and Dr. Francis Collins appealed for people to get vaccinated as a defense.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission also found that there have been 581 tip-over fatalities in the U.S. since 2000. Four in five of the deaths were children.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing increasingly harsh criticism from members of his own party following a series of scandals in which he and his associates ignored COVID-19 protocols.