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Wednesday's death toll was 354. Scientists are investigating what's making cases of infection rise precipitously after a decline last fall. "This race is really against time," says one immunologist.

Testifying in Derek Chauvin's trial, Christopher Martin said that while George Floyd was being placed on a gurney, he felt disbelief and guilt.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the State Health Officer of Mississippi, about his state's nearly non-existent coronavirus mandates despite the CDC's warning of another COVID-19 wave.

World War II pilot Robina Asti died this month. Her case against the Social Security Administration benefited transgender married couples all over the country.

On the third day of Derek Chauvin's murder trial, jurors were shown surveillance video of George Floyd inside the convenience store where he used a fake bill to buy cigarettes.

President Biden unveiled a $2 trillion infrastructure package which he's pitching as a plan to create jobs, compete with China's economic power, tackle climate change and combat racial inequality.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case testing whether the NCAA's limits on compensation for student athletes violate the nation's antitrust laws.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with sports writer Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic on how the SCOTUS case is only one challenge the NCAA faces as pressure mounts for its student-athletes to earn compensation.

Humans evolved to be nice — at least sometimes. The trait has helped us succeed as a species. But how did it happen? A look at some peace-loving apes in Democratic Republic of the Congo offers clues.

"To have published it any time in the last 20 years would have been seen as a whitewash," one commentator wrote. Now, he said, it's "almost criminally negligent."

The hedge fund Alden Global Capital is poised to acquire full control of Tribune Publishing. It already owns nearly 200 papers around the country. Those who have worked for the company say: beware.

Palau has seen no COVID-19 cases and Taiwan has kept the virus in check. Taiwan's first tourist flight to Palau during the pandemic era landed Thursday. Travelers do not need to quarantine on arrival.