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As Holiday Travel Surges, Airport Sanitation Workers Worry About Virus Exposure

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Andre Cooper, a sanitation and security worker cleaning airplanes, about what it's been like to work through a busy holiday travel season during a pandemic.

A traveler waits for a flight at Portland International Airport in Oregon last week. Public health experts say it's important that people who traveled or gathered with others are especially careful over the next two weeks.

So You Traveled Over Thanksgiving. Now What?

Experts suggest being extra-careful over the next week or two if you gathered with others outside your pod. That means masks, getting tested and assuming you might be infected with the coronavirus.

Smoke rises from the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego in July, after an explosion and fire on board the ship. The Navy announced Monday the ship will be decommissioned.

Navy Will Dismantle USS Bonhomme Richard

The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship burned for five days after a fire broke out onboard July 12. It could cost the Navy $3 billion to repair the ship or $1 billion to repurpose it.

Paydirt, a bar in Northeast Portland, closed the doors after last call on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, part of Oregon's "freeze" and effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Majority Of Oregon Counties Will Still Have Restrictions After ‘Freeze’ Ends

Restaurants and bars will be able to return to some in-person service under a framework unveiled by Gov. Kate Brown.

Lane County Invites Public Comment On Redistricting

The Lane County Board of Commissioners is seeking public input on redistricting. It will hold a work session Wednesday (Dec. 2) to start the…

Police officers in Ferguson, Mo., during a protest in 2014. Advocates want the Justice Department to step up its oversight of law enforcement in the incoming administration.

Advocates Push For Resurrection Of DOJ Civil Rights Division Under Biden

Critics say President Trump constrained the Civil Rights Division from being as effective as it should. Business could look very different under the new incoming administration.

Staff extinguish flames from Haas driver Romain Grosjean of France's car after a crash during the Formula One race in Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Sunday.

Formula 1 Driver Miraculously Emerges From Flame-Engulfed Car Crash

Romain Grosjean survived a crash in which his car hit a barrier, split in half, and erupted in flames.

Travelers self-test for the coronavirus at a mobile testing site at New York City's Penn Station in the days leading up to Thanksgiving. The U.S. is currently seeing record hospitalizations for COVID-19, and health experts fear more surges are on their way.

Fauci Warns Of 'Surge Upon A Surge' As COVID-19 Hospitalizations Hit Yet Another High

More than 91,000 people were hospitalized with the coronavirus on Saturday — over 6,000 of them on ventilators. With the holiday season fast approaching, health experts fear the worst is yet to come.

Filmmaker On New Rom-Com 'Happiest Season'

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Clea DuVall, writer and director of the holiday movie.

Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, speaks at a forum on wages and working people on April 27, 2019. President-elect Joe Biden is nominating Tanden to run the Office of Management and Budget.

Biden Names All-Female White House Communications Team; Will Tap Tanden For OMB

The president-elect has emphasized the elevation of women to key roles in his incoming administration.

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