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Bernard, convicted for his role in a 1999 kidnapping and killing, is the ninth federal inmate to be executed this year and the first in 130 years to be put to death during a lame-duck presidency.

Typically, the Electoral College vote is broadly overlooked. But because of President Trump's efforts to overturn the election, every step is being closely watched and analyzed.

White nationalists are returning to Washington to voice support for President Trump. Last month's protests turned violent with clashes among extremists, counterdemonstrators and bystanders.

Our roundup of education stories looks at the turmoil following Mayor Bill de Blasio's latest delay announcement; and the continuing struggles on campus to control COVID outbreaks.

The Rev. Al Sharpton gives the eulogy at Thursday's memorial for George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd, 46, died in police custody on May 25.

Front-line workers in Houston, Seattle and New York City tell NPR about their experiences in hospitals over the last six months. "2020 can't keep going like this," one doctor says.

Nine months after the first reported fatality in China last January, the world has hit a sobering milestone.

Hear the cellist talk about the purpose of music in the face of racial tension and health crises, plus his new album, Not Our First Goat Rodeo, which reunites him with old bluegrass buddies.

People born or descended from Spanish-speaking nations are still debating if any of the ethnic labels used to identify them in the United States feel right.

But the Senate majority leader said the Judiciary Committee's work can continue on Oct. 12 with the confirmation process for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court.