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NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Glenn Hurst, a rural primary care physician in Minden, Iowa, and a medical director at several nursing homes, about the spike in coronavirus cases in the state.

As the hours of daytime grow shorter and winter approaches, many Americans will feel the onset of seasonal affective disorder, characterized by lethargy, sadness and loneliness.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Nicholas Burns of Harvard University and Kori Schake of American Enterprise Institute about what President Trump might do to national security before his term ends.

Nebraska's governor is under pressure to take action as coronavirus cases soar. Meanwhile, Colorado's governor says his state will be the next hot spot if people don't change their behavior.

With the coronavirus surging, an El Paso, Texas, county judge ordered all nonessential businesses to close. But after several business owners and the state attorney sued, a court put the plan on hold.

Michael Tubbs was elected four years ago as the first African American and the youngest mayor of Stockton, Calif. Now he's falling behind in the vote, in part because of a social media campaign.

President-elect Joe Biden has promised to extend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

She is leaving her senior vice president position at Major League Baseball to join the Miami team. Over all, Ng has three decades of baseball experience.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with former Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Gina McCarthy, about what she thinks President-elect Joe Biden can do to address climate change once he's sworn in.

New York adopted one of the toughest gun control laws in the U.S. — banning the sale of assault rifles and banana clips. Many of the state's county sheriffs hate the law and some say they won't enforce it. The fight over gun rights and gun safety has become a hot issue in sheriff races, as local law enforcement officials seek re-election in rural counties.