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While unemployment remains high, the stock market has hit new records in the final days of 2020.

If you feel daunted by the responsibility of shepherding a child through difficult times, don't feel alone: "I'm afraid of those moments as a parent, too," says picture book author Matt de la Peña.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Tracy Gordon, a senior fellow with the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, about how the pandemic continues to affect local government funding.

Montana Gov. elect Greg Gianforte today announced the next director of the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.

The Louisville Police Department is set to dismiss two more officers involved in the botched drug raid that killed Breonna Taylor. The move comes nine months after she was killed in her apartment.

Behind schedule and struggling to fix irregularities in the count, the Census Bureau is working toward Jan. 9 as the next date in the process for releasing results, a bureau employee tells NPR.

According to a new book, there are many invisible factors that help lead an athlete to become a champion. These include: having older siblings and growing up in a mid-sized town.

NPR's Eyder Peralta discusses some of the biggest stories in Africa this past year, including why the continent has fared better in the pandemic than many experts initially feared.

NPR honors milestones — the pins people use to map out their lives and mark their accomplishments — that were lost this year due to the pandemic.

The state's hospitalizations have reached levels not seen since mid-May, but the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps crew say they're only getting a handful of COVID-19-related calls.