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Recent research by The Harvard Business School found that people with a mix of weak and strong social ties report higher levels of happiness and wellbeing.

A record number of people are expected to travel within the U.S. for the holiday, according to AAA. Here are some weather and traffic factors to keep in mind.

From Michigan to Maine and parts in between, power outages that began before Christmas continue. Storms brought down power lines. More winter weather is forecast for coming days in many of the affected areas.

The French transport minister said traffic would be ''strongly disrupted'' throughout the day with only limited service resuming in the afternoon, and urged travelers to postpone their trips.

House Republicans are focused on passing Trump's "big beautiful bill" by Memorial Day. And, Steve Bannon shows support for Trump's agenda in an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

An estimated 300,000 people were held in solitary confinement in the U.S. at the height of the pandemic. Advocates are pushing to limit the practice, citing lasting harm to prisoners' health.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly checks in with Joshua McKerrow, a photojournalist at the Capital Gazette, who we first spoke to in June after the shooting at the Annapolis newspaper.

The latest COVID-19 surge is on track to worsen this summer, causing a significant increase in the number of hospitalizations and deaths, according to new research from advisers to the CDC.

Hundreds of thousands of displaced people are gathering in relocation centers south of Xinxiang following deadly floods in central China.

At least four people were killed in an attack on a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints location in Michigan on Sunday. Investigators believe the suspect opened fire on congregants before deliberately setting the church on fire.