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There were more than 1,000 deaths in the U.S. for the fifth consecutive day Saturday.

Pope Francis often spoke with great sympathy for immigrants and refugees. NPR's Scott Simon reminds us that the pope's father fled Mussolini's Italy, immigrating to Argentina.

A panicked exodus of people trying to enter Kabul's international airport turned deadly on Sunday, showing that danger still posed to those trying to leave the Taliban's takeover of the country.

Challenges range from finding room to quarantine cruise ship passengers to tracking down cab drivers who drove suspected cases to a medical center.

NPR'S David Greene talks to Kathryn Garcia, New York City's sanitation commissioner and COVID-19 food czar, about how hungry people can get food, and how trash pick-up is changing during the crisis.

Just days after Roe was overturned, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi, who had offered abortion care as part of her practice.

Police officer Daniel Hodges was attacked on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol. He was also on duty during President Trump's inauguration last month. He reflects on the pardons attackers received.

Over the first two decades of the 21st century, as the influence of Latin music and R&B has swept over pop, songs by women of color have allowed us to hear real stories that were once obscured.

A new documentary tells the story of America's first inpatient unit dedicated to the care of people with AIDS. Nurse Cliff Morrison helped create 5B in 1983, and worked on it with Dr. Paul Volberding.

Scans show that people who spend untold hours in prayer or meditation go dark in the parietal lobe, the brain area that helps create a sense of self. A researcher says these people may be rewriting the neural connections in their brains — altering how they see the world.