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Dick and Shirley Meek celebrated their 70 years of marriage in December of 2020. The following month, both died of COVID-19 within minutes of each other.

President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet face-to-face in Switzerland next month. The agenda will include nuclear arms control, climate change and Russia's election meddling.

A group of chefs in South Philly's Italian Market set out to break the record for world's longest cheesesteak on Monday. The resulting hoagie spanned three blocks and caused some traffic issues.

Early in the pandemic, Taiwan was praised for handling COVID-19 exceptionally well. Now, Taiwan is struggling through its worst bout of coronavirus yet.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Martha Jones, author and professor of history at John Hopkins University, about her role in writing a letter of solidarity in The Root for Nikole Hannah-Jones.

The future of the historic Hale Memorial Church on the West Bluff is now in the hands of a Utah couple.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Diane Orentlicher, international law professor at American University, about the International Criminal Court's investigation into war crimes in Israel and Gaza.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with author and police misconduct attorney Andrea Ritchie about how having George Floyd as a symbol in the fight against racial injustice impacts the wider movement.

As the dust settles from the latest conflict between Hamas and Israel, Gazans are considering the prospects of armed resistance or negotiation with Israel.

Regulators say Mexico is not complying with international air safety standards, and have limited Mexican airlines' access to the U.S., just as passenger traffic is picking up from the pandemic.