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Host Ophira Eisenberg and house musician Jonathan Coulton discuss office holiday parties, and regret they can't raid the NPR supply closet this year.

The number of Texans who have died from COVID-19 is more than 24,000 and growing. It's the second-highest number of deaths behind New York state. An Austin man has memorialized every Texas death.

As congressional leaders negotiate, other lawmakers are demanding more details. Plus, Democrats are objecting to a push by some Senate Republicans to limit emergency lending rules.

The announcement follows the revelation of a massive cyberattack against numerous government agencies as well as a number of private companies. Russian intelligence is widely believed responsible.

The reviewer's father, who was born in Wuhan, China, and lived there until he was 28, couldn't bear to keep watching. But she did — and was deeply moved by this new documentary film.

The two Democratic challengers for the U.S. Senate believe focusing on health care during a pandemic will motivate voters for the Jan. 5 runoff. If both win, their party will control the U.S. Senate.

For many people, this is the first year they'll spend the holidays and other milestones apart from family, due to COVID-19. That's something students studying in the U.S. from overseas know all about.

Scott Simon talks to NPR's Tom Goldman about the Negro Leagues being given major league status by the MLB and Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer's historic win this week.

Manuel's Tavern has been a beloved Atlanta institution for decades. It's now saved from pandemic extinction by loyal customers who raised more than 180 thousand dollars to keep it open.

In June, Patty Neidert of Akron, Ohio told us about removing her mother from a nursing home. She's had to put her into another facility that's in lockdown, but says hope is just around the corner.