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A first grade student raises her hand at Mary L. Fonseca Elementary School in Fall River, Mass., in November.

Where Is It Safe To Reopen Schools? New Research Offers Answers

A new study suggests reopening schools may be safer than previously thought, at least in communities where the coronavirus is not already spreading out of control.

Black lab technicians at Johns Hopkins remember the man who changed their lives

Fred Gilliam and Jerry Harris remember Vivien Thomas, who in the '60s ran a research lab at Johns Hopkins Hospital, helping invent surgical techniques — even though he didn't have a medical degree.

Can deleted text messages actually be retrieved?

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Paul Luehr, a former federal prosecutor at the Department of Justice, about what happens when texts message get deleted.

Concerns of political violence loom days before the midterms

An attack on the Speaker of the House's husband. Conspiracy-influenced poll watchers wearing tactical gear and staking out ballot drop boxes. Many experts are worried about the potential for violence.

Dr. Max Lazarus, a medical resident at a hospital on Long Island, N.Y., is one of some 130,000 medical residents in the U.S., many of whom have found themselves on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Doctors In Training Learn Hard Lessons During The Pandemic

There are some 130,000 medical residents in the U.S., and many are pulling long shifts in emergency departments and ICUs treating patients infected with the coronavirus.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, on March 30. Johnson's office says he will be issued a fine for breaching COVID-19 regulations following allegations of lockdown parties at government offices.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be fined over COVID lockdown parties

The British leader's office says he will be fined for breaching COVID regulations following allegations of lockdown parties at government offices. It's unclear how much Johnson will be fined.

Sue Bell holds one of more than a dozen beagles that arrived at the headquarters of animal rescue group Homeward Trails in Fairfax Station, Va., on Thursday, while posing for a portrait. The dogs were a small portion of the roughly 4,000 beagles rescued from a research facility where the conditions were found to be inhumane.

Rescue groups begin work to rehome 4,000 beagles bred for research

The beagles were bred by the company Envigo for pharmaceutical research and testing, but conditions at the facility were found to be inhumane. Now the dogs are starting journeys toward forever homes.

<strong>Tues., Dec. 14: </strong>Susan Orten grieves as she inspects her destroyed home in Dawson Springs, Kentucky.

Photos: Scenes from the deadly tornadoes in the South and Midwest

Tornadoes hit several states in the central U.S. on Saturday, killing dozens in a devastating path of destruction.

What we're learning from the redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann to discuss findings from the Justice Department's release of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit.

Students stand outside Oxford High School, near memorial items that were placed after the November 2021 shooting that took place at the Michigan school.

The dealer that sold the gun used in the Oxford High School shooting is being sued

Four students were killed in the mass shooting in Michigan last November. Seven people were also injured, including a student whose parents are suing Acme Shooting Goods, the weapons dealer.

'The Candy House' cautions: Be careful of things that at first appear inviting

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Jennifer Egan about her latest novel, The Candy House.

US Army Critical Care Nurse, Captain Edward Rauch Jr., writes on the door of a Covid-19 patient on a ventilator at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn, Michigan on December, 17, 2021. Beaumont Hospital is assisted by 23 military medical personnel from the US Army, sent by the Department of Defense, to assist during the health system's fourth Covid-19 surge.

With omicron now dominant, depleted U.S. hospitals struggle to prepare for the worst

Understaffed hospitals are already coping with increased patient demand heading into the holidays. They have few options to expand if omicron creates a huge new wave of COVID patients.

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