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Vice President Pence is road-testing the political and logistical hurdles the White House faces as it looks to try to return to some kind of new political normal.

It's President Biden's first full day in office. One subject getting immediate attention: overhaul of the U.S. immigration system. Plus, new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are starting to trend downward.

McBride's most recent novel, Deacon King Kong, is set in a Brooklyn housing project in 1969. "Time and place is really crucial to good storytelling," he says. Originally broadcast Feb. 29, 2020.

Nancy McKinley mixes screwball humor with social criticism in a collection of interlocking stories about two women who work at a mall in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with former NPR host Michele Norris, whose grandma worked as a traveling Aunt Jemima, about the retirement of the character.

Last month, the rapper was recommended for clemency after serving 21 years in prison for a crime he says he did not commit. Now he tells NPR about his time behind bars and his hope for life outside.

The crash took place at about 3:40 a.m. as a tour bus rolled over and was immediately struck by two tractor-trailers. Eighty miles of turnpike were closed as officials responded to the incident.

A 600-pound bull set to be auctioned at Canada's Ottawa Livestock Exchange did not wait for it. The Ottawa Citizen reports the bull leaped a 7-foot fence. It's believed to be hiding out in the woods.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to singer Wafia about her new EP, Good Things.

Now that the expression "OK, Boomer" has gone viral, companies are trying to cash in on the meme's moment. Some hope to make a business line of it by trademarking the phrase.

Today is World Radio Day!Today is Thursday, the 13th of February of 2020It is the 44th day of the year322 days remain until the end of the year19 days…

Ongoing fights for voting rights and racial justice have sparked a reckoning over how Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is often invoked in that work.