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In order to keep crew and passengers safe amid the coronavirus pandemic, the ships will make no stops and simply return to the port they came from.

President Trump says he's still taking the drug dexamethasone to treat COVID-19. It's a cheap, widely available steroid. But how long should COVID-19 patients take it and what are the side effects?

They faced bias against women in science. They faced racism because their families come from Africa. And they triumphed in a competition to develop a problem-solving app!

The simultaneous crises of the pandemic and racism against Black Americans led to the creation of an unusual movie theater located in New Jersey's biggest city: the Newark Moonlight Cinema.

Since the pandemic began, many American billionaires have gotten even richer despite one of the country's worst recessions. NPR explores the reasons why and the implications for the future.

Organizers said Thursday the next presidential debate would be virtual, but President Trump said he wouldn't participate. Meanwhile, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are campaigning in Arizona.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with William Foege, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about his letter on how to restore faith in the agency despite political interference.

Questions are being raised about a prosecutor's decision not to charge a Wisconsin police officer in the fatal shooting of Alvin Cole. It was the third fatal shooting by the officer, who is Black.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., about why she voted against a new pandemic relief package but criticized President Trump for halting negotiations.

TV ratings are down for major sports events: a record low for Game 1 of the NBA Finals and a 13-year low for the Stanley Cup Finals. Even recent NFL numbers seem to be down or mixed.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Elizabeth Alexander, president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, about the initiative to spend $250 million in grants to reconsider monuments across the U.S.

The FBI says it thwarted a militia plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and overthrow the local government.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Alexia Grant about what it's like to be one of the chefs cooking for athletes in the NBA bubble.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., a member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, about efforts to pass another economic relief package.

President Trump continues to tout an experimental treatment he received for COVID-19. NPR discusses if the drug is safe and whether there is enough of it to distribute across the U.S.

Gravity Industries teamed up with local paramedics to test a paramedic jet suit in northern England for what could be the future of emergency medical care.

American poet Louise Glück won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. Also a Pulitzer Prize winner, she becomes the 16th woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Billy Strings learned to play traditional bluegrass alongside his stepdad Terry Barber. Later, he thrashed in local VFW halls while in the metal scene. Then, he discovered his own sound.

Reed players Geof Bradfield and Ben Goldberg join formidable drummer Dana Hall on a new album that features humor, sobriety and a piece that's funky one minute and chamber music the next.

"Republicans have been trying to drive a stake into the heart of Obamacare pretty much since it was passed — both through legislation and litigation," New York Times reporter Sarah Kliff says.

"Our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent," the medical journal's editors say in a scathing editorial.

The FBI says it has thwarted a plot by a group of people to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Over the summer, the conspirators allegedly began training for a potential attack.

Drone footage captures the moment a more-than-6-foot shark circles a surfer, coming only inches away from him. It's possible that the drone noise scared the animal away.

With a voice by turns soaring and haunting, Shajarian was considered one of his nation's treasures — and then ran afoul of the regime. He died Thursday in Tehran at age 80.

Climate and environment policies nearly always end up in court these days. They may have a harder time surviving if Amy Coney Barrett cements a conservative majority on the Supreme Court.