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Michel Martin speaks to Shomari Stone, a reporter with Washington, D.C.'s NBC affiliate, about what it's like to cover crime at a time when homicides are on the rise nationally.

Fifteen weeks ago, majority Democrats in the Washington Legislature convened a 105-day session vowing to address the fallout from COVID-19, police...

Many of them work in service industries —as cooks, Uber drivers, nursing aides— jobs that have been especially affected this past year. "I don't have money to pay rent," resident Mahlet Kassa says.

NASA crowdsourced that question on Twitter as part of a newly coined "black hole week." And the suggestions rolled in. Astronomers have found dozens of black holes looming around a cluster of stars.

Hundreds of people, all named Josh, traveled from across the country to Lincoln, Neb. Josh Swain had challenged then all to a giant fight — with pool noodles — over rights to the name.

A major civil rights group is demanding the attorney general pause federal grants to local police until he confirms they aren't engaging in discrimination, citing more police killings of Black people.

The Supreme Court says it will hear arguments next term in a major gun rights case. It will be the first time it has waded into the issue in more than 10 years.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California about India's COVID-19 crisis. Khanna is vice chair of the India caucus, and urges the administration to take action.

It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented request: educate students in entirely new ways, amid the backdrop of a global pandemic. This week takes us to a librarian and a bus driver.

The dog named Holly, who had caught sight of the baton being passed in a relay event, broke away from her owner, and raced down the track. The crowd went wild.