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A highly contagious COVID-19 strain makes its way to the U.S. Argentina's upper house of Congress votes to legalize abortion. And, with two days left in 2020, Senate rushes to finish end-of-year list.

The Justice Department says it will not bring civil rights charges against two police officers in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland in 2014.

Leaders of the nation's federal vaccine effort, called Operation Warp Speed, said the U.S. has deployed around 14 million vaccine doses as of Wednesday with just 2.1 million Americans vaccinated.

Video games can offer immense, immersive open worlds — but for some players, the small-scale grinding repetition of the games known as "roguelikes" is a better way to pass the time.

Axios' Margaret Talev discusses the dwindling chances that lawmakers will agree on increasing coronavirus relief checks to $2,000 in the last days of the lame-duck Congress.

At age 15, Gitanjali Rao was named Time Magazine's first "Kid of the Year."

The pandemic interrupted what was expected to be a year of reckoning for drug companies tangled up in the opioid crisis. Many communities are left waiting as lawsuits remain on hold.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the Rev. Howard-John Wesley of the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va., about his sabbatical, which coincided with the beginning of the pandemic.

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.

The $900 billion coronavirus relief bill sets aside $15 billion for arts funding. It's a lifeline for music venues, museums and theaters that were hit hard by the pandemic.