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Wu's parents immigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan. She defeated fellow Democratic City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George, a self-described first-generation Arab-Polish American.

President Trump pardoned turkeys on Tuesday, making his first public comments since acknowledging that the transition is going ahead. Meanwhile, President-elect Joe Biden unveiled his cabinet picks.

Liz and Joe Yamada met as kids at a WWII internment camp and spent the rest of their lives together. They both died in May, days apart: Liz from COVID-19 and Joe from complications from dementia.

In November's elections, voters across the U.S. chose more progressive prosecutors and have shown support for criminal justice reforms.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University School of Public Health, about safely navigating the holidays amid rising COVID-19 case numbers.

Pandemic hoarding is back. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Leslie Patton of Bloomberg News about the latest in panic buying and whether stores and supply chains are able to handle the demand.

While much of the country has been on lockdown, construction of President Trump's border wall has continued.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Alice Hill, senior fellow for climate change policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, about how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting the environment.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with two economists, Teresa Ghilarducci and James Broughel, about the tradeoffs between reopening economies and public safety during the coronavirus pandemic.

As the clean up from devastating tornadoes continues in Kentucky, the hard-hit Latino community in the city of Mayfield is facing significant challenges in their recovery.