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Voters in Georgia headed to the polls on Tuesday in the runoff elections that will determine control of the U.S. Senate. NPR speaks with some of them.

Community organizer Rita Martinez died last month of COVID-19 at age 65. Martinez spent decades fighting for the rights of Chicano and Indigenous people in Pueblo, Colo.

Katherine Jackson French traveled the Kentucky mountains in the early 1900s searching for traditional ballads that were disappearing. Her work was never published — until now.

With control of the U.S. Senate hinging on Georgia's runoff elections, groups working to turn out Black voters there are not slowing down. Will their votes drive a historic outcome for Democrats?

Beginning at 1 p.m., members of Congress are formally counting the Electoral College votes. A group of Republicans are planning to object to the results,…

A museum in North Carolina plans to exhibit a collection of coins that were found on the Outer Banks. The coins date as far back as 221 BC and originated…

Tanya Roberts died Monday after representatives mistakenly announced she'd died earlier, then retracted their statements. She's known for TV's Charlie's Angels and That '70s Show and as a "Bond Girl."

After three years of disagreement and rising frustrations between the two U.S. allies, Saudi and Qatari leaders met Tuesday to sign an agreement that lifts current restrictions on Qatar.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., about investigating the failures of the Capitol Police during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Arizona currently has the highest infection rate in the U.S. Hospitals are at 92% intensive care unit capacity, and the state is among the slowest for vaccination rates.