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For a week and a half, Gazans have taken cover in their stairwells and other parts of the house, eating canned foods and hoping they can run out in time — if an airstrike warning comes.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Michelle Gavin of the Council on Foreign Relations about the new U.S. visa restrictions on Ethiopian and Eritrean officials due to the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia.

Mayors from cities big and small have been stepping down after a tumultuous 2020 and difficult 2021. The changes in leadership come as local municipalities are grappling with important issues.

The move comes a day after Belarus ordered a Ryanair flight to make an emergency landing in Minsk due to reports of a bomb aboard, in a ruse to apprehend an opposition activist.

I feel bad for most people. They have never had one of the greatest joys in life: getting to know a lot of teenagers really well.I was an 8th grade…

Though the odds are comparable, many parents worry more about the less familiar disease. New mask guidelines have heightened anxiety. Experts explain the actual versus perceived risks of severe COVID.

The largest U.S. school district will reopen this fall with no option for virtual classes. Chancellor Meisha Porter says 70,000 employees have already been vaccinated, "and we need our children back."

The freshman Republican has repeatedly equated COVID-19 safety measures with the treatment of Jews under the Nazis. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy rejected that rhetoric, but she doubled down.

Calls for racial justice and an end to police brutality still fill social media platforms a year after George Floyd's murder. But Black Lives Matter says posts targeting it are full of disinformation.

Western Illinois University began offering classes in the Quad Cities in the late 1960s. After years of hosting classes in various locations, the...