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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett on Thursday continued to urge people to be vaccinated for COVID-19. FEMA announced last week that it will close its mass vaccination site in downtown Milwaukee on May 28 because demand is waning. The mayor encouraged people to take advantage of vaccine clinics out in the community, including one ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks game Sunday at the Fiserv Forum.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Jason Johnson, professor of politics and journalism at Morgan State University and politics editor at The Root about a series of recent incidents of white people calling police on black people in public spaces.

Voters in Taiwan go to the polls on Saturday to pick a new president. The government in Beijing is watching very closely, but are people in China paying that much attention?

Black bear encounters are on the rise in Tennessee.

Researchers say a small number of people appear to lack the brain circuitry to get pleasure from music.

Scientists are getting closer to being able to alter people's genes permanently. A survey found that people are more cautious about changes that could be passed on to future generations.

At least 23 people were trapped when the Siji Kaiyuan Hotel in Suzhou collapsed Monday afternoon.

Eggs branded Milo's Poultry Farms and Tony's Fresh Market were recalled after they were linked to a salmonella outbreak that has hospitalized at least 24 people.

Police in Allegheny County, Pa., say five people are dead after unidentified shooters attacked what appeared to be a backyard party in the borough of Wilkinsburg.

The bomber hit a crowded tent of people participating in the Shiite ritual of Ashura. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.