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This comes on top of a decade of war, millions of Syrians displaced and many hospitals bombed out.

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer of the country's Maori Party says the shift from a zero-tolerance pandemic approach to an easing of restrictions will disproportionately impact Indigenous people.

Actor Brian Cox stars as the Rupert Murdoch-like patriarch in the HBO series "Succession."

After Hurricane Irene, the Ausable River rose 11 feet and flooded much of the region.

President Biden is set to announce Wednesday that the Port of Los Angeles will begin operating around the clock.

Half of the households surveyed by NPR reported serious problems with depression, anxiety, stress, or sleep in the past few months.

That means about 99% of NHL players have gotten the vaccine. "All of our officials are vaccinated. All of the personnel that come into contact with the players are vaccinated," the commissioner adds.

The World Health Organization advisory group will include scientists from the U.S., China and two dozen other countries and will study various hypotheses, including the possibility of a lab leak.

Polls show the race tightening between former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic candidate, and businessman Glenn Youngkin on the Republican side.

The Department of Defense is testing a new technology for funerals. It's a digital bugle, to play "Taps." There are far more funerals a day than there are military buglers, so the Defense Department has to compensate somehow. Commentator Joellen Easton has played "Taps" at military funerals, and she hopes the Defense Department's experiment isn't too successful. (3:30)

Congress returns Tuesday for a lame-duck session with several must-pass items on the agenda, ranging from spending bills to the new Department of Homeland Security. Also on the list is fixing a glitch in Medicare that's cutting fees to doctors. For Morning Edition, NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

Commentator Ralph Schoenstein reflects on what he learned during his time in the Army at Fort Dix, N.J.