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In Africa, many countries have already exhausted their initial supplies or are still waiting to get vaccines.

The pandemic forced the cancelation of the Olympics last year. Sally Jenkins of The Washington Post says Japan should take the same step this year.

Pelosi did not run for office until she was 46 years old. It was after her five children had mostly flown the nest that she found her calling.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is extending mandates and restrictions while much of the U.S. celebrates declining COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations.

Part of President Biden's infrastructure proposal calls for replacing all lead water service lines in the country. The experience of Flint, Mich., shows both the need for that, and the challenge.

A bridge connecting Tennessee and Arkansas at Memphis has been shut down after a large crack was found. The indefinite closure affects all vehicles — as well as boat traffic on the Mississippi River.

In her latest book of poems, artist Kate Durbin looks at modern consumerism and the way people process trauma and loss through the objects they hoard. Durbin was inspired by the A&E show Hoarders.

Parker Hanson, who was born without a left hand, plays college baseball. Friends started fundraisers to replace the prosthetic. A hospital is donating a new one, so money raised will go to charity.

The groundbreaking TV host announced her show would end after 19 seasons, citing a desire for new challenges. Ratings had dropped after allegations of a toxic work place surfaced in 2020.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Mark Regev, senior adviser to Israel's president about why tensions with Palestinians have again boiled over into deadly confrontations, and how to break the cycle.