Search results for

The move follows an unprecedented spike in positivity rates in the Capitol and mirrors record-high infection rates throughout Washington D.C., driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.

After 12 years, Gizmo, Connecticut’s famed therapy dog and mental health advocate for children, is retiring. But other pups are already lined up to help.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations canceled plans to hold its 29th annual banquet on Saturday at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington, just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.

The debris has been floating in space for the past decade and experts believe it came from a Chinese rocket test. The impact is expected to leave a crater anywhere from about 30 to 60 feet wide.

Sen. Patrick Leahy has been hospitalized for observation and testing.

Prosecutors in Fulton County, Ga., say they expect that a trial in their election interference case would last four months, not including jury selection.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Stephanie Cutter, an executive producer of the upcoming inauguration, about security measures being taken in light of last week's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

The virus has taken a tragic toll in their ranks. At hospitals and clinics, their photos are displayed along with messages from their friends and family: "May you rest in perfect peace."

Concerns in Europe over a slowdown in economic growth have been rattling global financial markets. NPR's Scott Simon talks with correspondent John Ydstie about the volatile week on Wall Street.

It will be hard to make sure that concrete needed to rebuild the Palestinian territory's demolished buildings isn't diverted to Hamas, the militant group that had been tunneling into Israeli towns.