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Some people have symptoms like fatigue and headaches long after the initial COVID-19 infection.

Four students from public universities discuss how distance defined college campus life.

On Tuesday, Biden signed four executive orders aimed at promoting racial equity. NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson discusses what other policies need to be enacted to achieve racial justice.

We experience the sounds of the Aurora Borealis through the ears of sound recorder Steve McGreevy.

In August, the fatal police shooting of a young black man in London set off four nights of rioting in many of England's largest cities. Stores were looted, neighborhoods destroyed and more than 4,000 were arrested. A team of researchers tasked with interviewing those who participated in the riots concluded that high tensions between the poor and England's police were largely to blame. Lynn Neary speaks with Paul Lewis of The Guardian newspaper about the findings.

Lynn Neary speaks with Awonder Liang and his father Yingming "Will" Liang. Awonder recently won the under-8 division at the Youth World Chess Championships, which were held this year in Brazil. Awonder says he used to play with his older brothers, but now he's too good for them and they hate to lose.

President Obama held a brief but wide-ranging news conference Thursday. He began with a brief statement criticizing Senate Republicans for blocking his nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He also responded to questions talked about Iran, Plan B, a proposed extension of unemployment insurance benefits and Osama bin Laden.

The U.S. economy is likely to have slowed in the last three months of the year, ending 2020 smaller than it began. But for some companies, business is now back to pre-pandemic levels.

Frustrated by what some see as U.S. foot-dragging on climate policy, an American college student interrupted U.S. envoy Todd Stern Thursday during his remarks at the climate conference in South Africa. Later, Stern emphasized that the U.S. has been working hard to advance global climate policy into the 21st century.

The White House released a plan Thursday that is meant to beef up the fight against homegrown terrorism in this country. The strategy depends on recruiting local partners who are better positioned to identify people who might be violent extremists in their communities. The plan is innovative. But it depends on training a roster of federal and local partners to recognize the signs of violent extremism — and it is precisely that training that has some experts concerned.