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County and city rules requiring face masks, or imposing social distancing guidelines, have been invalidated — even though less than half the state's eligible residents have been fully vaccinated.

Exploding cigars. Poisoned pens. The CIA had lots of failed plots to kill Cuban leader Fidel Castro. But the first such plan was directed at his brother Raúl, who just retired at age 89.

NPR's Noel King speaks to Dr. Ali Khan, dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, about the growing hesitancy concerning getting a COVID-19 vaccine.

As of the end of April, only 254 deaths were attributed to COVID-19 in Haiti over the course of the entire pandemic. Why has the death rate been so low?

Some immigrant groups are closing the ethnic gap on COVID-19 shots. For many Kurdish Americans, their fears about vaccination are entangled with their experiences in refugee camps after fleeing Iraq.

Partition split India and Pakistan in 1947 and affected millions of lives across decades. Journalist Anjali Enjeti's new novel explores the way people who don't process their trauma can pass it on.

After the kids were hooked, Missouri teacher Samantha Brown started assigning Goldblum-themed writing, math and art projects. The kids' parents even sent a letter to the actor and he replied.

Lavi Mounga was flying from Salt Lake City to Hawaii for a vacation when she started to go into labor at just 29 weeks pregnant. A doctor and three neonatal nurses happened to be on the same plane.

The trial is about one app developer, Epic Games, but the outcome could have far-reaching consequences for Silicon Valley and the future of how money moves on smartphones and other devices.

Refugees working at a Connecticut moving company make their way in the U.S. with help from Americans who put up their own money. It's an approach that could become more common.