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Europe faces a surge of coronavirus infections and a slow vaccination roll out. The European Union is giving itself emergency powers to curb exports of COVID-19 vaccines produced within the bloc.

Poet Raymond Antrobus was born in East London to a Jamaican father and a British mother. He grew up deaf, turning to poetry as a way to navigate between the hearing and non-hearing world.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Kristen Meinzer, a royal watcher and author, about Oprah Winfrey's interview broadcast on CBS with Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, the duke and duchess of Sussex.

The lautenwerck, an instrument like a lute and a harpsichord, almost went extinct in the 19th century, but forensic musicologists are bringing it back to life.

On this day in 1863, the Civil War's first medals of honor were presented. Virginia state delegate Lamont Bagby leads a push in his state to remember Black soldiers who fought with valor.

School districts across the country are looking for ways to fill the gaps from distance learning. The superintendent of Virginia's Richmond Public Schools has a plan that could be approved this month.

The woman noticed a cold breeze in her apartment, but no windows were open. She tracked down the source: She removed the bathroom mirror and found a square hole that led to another apartment.

The Planet Money team discovered an old superhero languishing in the public domain, a superhero that seems perfect for a radio network. Could NPR rescue him?

With elections later this month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is courting votes among Israel's Palestinian citizens after a controversy over LGBTQ rights.

How about sitting in a pool of bean dip for a day? That's what stuntman Hunter Ray Barker did in Los Angeles to attract diners to the Mexican restaurant Los Toros.