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Over 600,000 people have died in the U.S. from COVID-19 since the pandemic hit this country and the world just over a year ago. Alison Wells remembers her sister, Elizabeth Wells.

As schools reopen — either fully or for hybrid learning — teachers are getting the chance to meet their students face-to-face.

In 1948, Cleveland's baseball team won the World Series. It wouldn't have made it without the team's first two Black players, and the team owner's willingness to hire them, says author Luke Epplin.

Paula Yoo discusses her new book From A Whisper to A Rallying Cry and how the 1982 death of Chin, a Chinese American man in Detroit, led a new generation of Asian Americans into political action.

The blank front page of Wednesday's issue of the Northeast News was a warning sign to the community about what might come if it ceased publication. The newspaper is in dire financial straits.

Dawnie Walton talks with NPR's Scott Simon about her debut novel, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, an oral history of a 20th century rock duo so detailed, you might forget it's fiction.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Jason Forshaw, an aerospace engineer at Astroscale, about ELSA-d, a machine used to clean up junk in space.

Myanmar's security forces have cracked down on new protests as the leaders of its military junta marked Armed Forces Day. Dozens of protesters are believed to be dead.

Authorities are investigating multiple shootings that took place late Friday night near the city's oceanfront. At least two people are dead in what the police chief called a "chaotic night."

A new law signed by Gov. Bill Lee on Friday bans transgender athletes from participating in girls' sports, making it the third state this year to approve such a measure.