South Carolina GOP Censures Rep. Tom Rice Over Trump Impeachment Vote

The state party leadership approved their official rebuke on Saturday. Rice was one of 10 House Republicans to vote in favor of impeaching Trump.
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As Democrats Call For Marjorie Taylor Greene's Removal, Republicans Stay Silent

The Georgia congresswoman, who has embraced wild conspiracy theories, has the backing of Donald Trump — and the ire of Democrats, who have called for her censure or removal.
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Nearly 100 Million In Midwest Under Advisories As Winter Storm Moves East

The system, which brought tremendous amounts of snow and rain to California, is expected to dump feet of snow in the central U.S. Forecasters expect the storm to hit the Northeastern U.S. by Monday.
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Two Proud Boys Members Indicted In Attack On U.S. Capitol

The two were indicted on a long list of charges in federal court Friday, including obstruction of an official proceeding and destruction of government property.
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Pipe Bombs Believed To Have Been Placed Night Before Attack On U.S. Capitol

The FBI releases photos of the person thought to be responsible for putting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican headquarters and says the bombs were placed on the night before the riot.
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Johnson & Johnson Executive Says Vaccine Works Where It Counts: Preventing Deaths

Dr. Paul Stoffels, the chief scientific officer at Johnson & Johnson, tells NPR the company's vaccine is very effective where it matters most: preventing hospitalizations and deaths.
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Calls Mount For President Biden To Shake Up Postal Service's Leadership

"Fire everybody at the top," one Democratic congressman says. Other advocates just want Biden to appoint new members to the Postal Service's Board of Governors.
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As States Hustle To Distribute Vaccines, Big Business Offers A Boost Of Expertise

Large corporations such as Starbucks, Honeywell, Microsoft, Costco and Google want to help states with planning and logistics. But the potential of these partnerships is hindered by supply problems.
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New Yorkers Lunge, Twist And Zumba Their Way Through The Pandemic Together

The pandemic has left many Americans craving safe social interaction. For one group of New Yorkers, outdoor Zumba classes bring a little joy.
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Beyond COVID-19: 4 Other Key Health Issues Congress Recently Addressed

The huge spending bill Congress passed last month included aid to rural hospitals, training for new doctors, new rules regarding mental health coverage and requirements for billing transparency.
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3 People From Extremist 'Oath Keepers' Indicted On Capitol Riot Conspiracy Charges

Those indicted have ties to what the Justice Department calls "a paramilitary organization focused on recruitment of current and former military, law enforcement, and first responder personnel."
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Pandemic Piles On Already Reeling Boeing, Leading To Nearly $12 Billion Loss In 2020

The airplane manufacturer was already struggling to fix design flaws in the grounded 737 Max when the pandemic all but froze demand for new aircraft.
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2020 Was The Worst Year Ever For U.S. Hotels. Here's What's Next

After a tough 2020, the U.S. hotel industry is bracing for a difficult first half this year, followed by improved leisure travel in the second half.
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Why N95 Masks Are Still In Short Supply In The U.S.

Early in the pandemic, shortages of N95 respirators and other medical gear prompted panic across the world. A year later, the masks still aren't widely available to U.S. consumers.
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New VA Program Investigates Outdoor Therapy For Veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs will create a task force charged with researching the benefits of outdoor recreation in an effort to help reduce veteran suicides.
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Gorilla Gets Monoclonal Antibody Therapy For COVID-19

An older silverback gorilla in Escondido, Calif., received an array of treatments after it and others in its troop contracted the coronavirus. The therapy came from a supply meant for nonhumans.
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Janet Yellen Confirmed By Senate, Making History As First Female Treasury Secretary

Janet Yellen was confirmed by the Senate to serve as Treasury secretary. She'll be the first woman to hold that post and will lead the Biden administration's efforts to address the pandemic recession.
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Uganda Security Forces Ordered To Stop Detention Of Losing Presidential Candidate

A judge ruled Monday that security forces surrounding the home of Bobi Wine, who lost a disputed election to President Yoweri Museveni, must leave. It's not clear if the ruling will be obeyed.
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Biden to sign ‘Buy American’ executive order

The order aims to increase domestic manufacturing by harnessing the purchasing power of the federal government and closing loopholes for companies taking business overseas.
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Nine miners found dead amid gold mine rescue effort in China

Just a day earlier, rescuers hauled up 11 survivors one by one in baskets from the mine they were trapped in for two weeks in Qixia, a city in China's eastern Shandong province.
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Nasal spray that blocks COVID-19 could be available by summer: report

The spray -- developed by scientists at the University of Birmingham -- prevents infection by capturing the bug in the nose and covering it in a coating from which it cannot escape.
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Fauci Relishes A 'Hallelujah' Moment

Dr. Anthony Fauci, now President Biden's chief medical adviser on COVID-19, says he rejoiced when the new president said that "science and truth" would guide the nation's policies toward the pandemic.
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Who Wants To Be A Billionaire? $1 Billion Winning Lottery Ticket Sold In Michigan

It's the third-largest lotto jackpot in U.S. history. The odds of winning the top prize were 1 in 302.5 million.
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Protests Swell Across Russia Calling For The Release Of Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny

Russian authorities warned of mass arrests as demonstrators marched in open defiance of the Kremlin and called on President Vladimir Putin to free the jailed opposition leader.
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Parents With Disabilities Face Extra Hurdles With Kids' Remote Schooling

Parents with disabilities often face extra issues with remote learning. A deaf mom whose first language is American Sign Language is navigating the challenge of monitoring her hearing child's work.
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Wuhan's Lockdown Memories One Year Later: Pride, Anger, Deep Pain

Jan. 23 marks the one-year anniversary of the strict lockdown imposed on the first epicenter of COVID-19. Here's what residents have to say about their experience.
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The Vaccine Rollout Will Take Time. Here's What The U.S. Can Do Now To Save Lives

With the virus still raging in the U.S., public health experts say we can't afford to just wait around for the vaccine. They share advice for what communities can do now to slow the death toll.
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She Resisted Getting Her Kids The Usual Vaccines. Then The Pandemic Hit.

Lydia, a mother of three in Canada, was opposed getting her kids vaccinated against childhood diseases. The pandemic led her out of that movement. Getting there was a years-long search for answers.
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Biden To Bump Up Food Assistance For People 'Hanging By A Thread'

President Biden is pushing Congress to pour another $1.9 trillion into the COVID-ravaged economy. In the meantime, his top economic adviser says, he plans to bump up food stamp benefits.
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Biden To Toss Trump Plan That Would Have Made It Easier To Fire Top Civil Servants

Former President Trump's plan had been decried as an attack on people he called the "Deep State" when it was announced in October. But the Biden White House was quick to cancel the classification.
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Current, Deadly U.S. Coronavirus Surge Has Peaked, Researchers Say

Daily numbers of new cases are finally starting to wane, and hospitalizations are down slightly. But health care systems are still overburdened and another resurgence remains a threat.
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On Day 2, Biden To Focus On COVID-19 Strategy With 10 Executive Actions

President Biden laid out his COVID-19 strategy before he took office. On Thursday, he'll start implementing it with 10 orders and directives.
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Portland Police Charge 8 After Demonstrators Vandalize Democratic Party Offices

Demonstrators in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday were said to be anti-fascist protesters. They vandalized the Democratic Party of Oregon's office and held signs rejecting Biden's presidency.
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Photos: Historic Inauguration Will Not Look Like The Past

Large crowds and parades have become hallmarks of presidential inaugurations but will be absent this year because of the pandemic and security concerns. Here's a look back at earlier inaugural events.
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What Biden Plans To Do His First Day As President

When he gets into the Oval Office, President- elect Joe Biden plans to sign 17 executive actions on priorities like COVID-19, climate, racial justice — and rolling back Trump rules.
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Biden's Inaugural Address, Annotated

Joe Biden gives his first address to the nation as president. NPR reporters from across the newsroom are providing live fact checks and analysis of the remarks.
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At least 4 wounded during string of ‘connected’ shootings in the Poconos

At least four people were wounded in a series of shootings that are believed to be connected in an area north of Mount Pocono on Monday night, Pennsylvania police said. The gun violence began at about 5 p.m. in Tobyhanna, prompting a shelter-in-place order as cops searched for the suspects early Tuesday, according to police....
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24-year-old Ohio cop fatally shot during hours-long standoff with armed suspect

A Toledo police officer was fatally shot on Monday during a standoff with an armed suspect wanted for vandalizing a cathedral, authorities said. Officer Brandon Stalker, 24, who was performing perimeter security at the suspect’s home, was struck once after the man walked outside and opened fire with two guns, police said. “He was an...
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Harry Brant, son of billionaire Peter Brant and supermodel Stephanie Seymour, dead at 24

Harry Brant, the flamboyant fashionista son of polo-playing billionaire Peter Brant and supermodel Stephanie Seymour, has died of an accidental drug overdose, his family said Monday. He was 24. The gender-bending bon vivant — a hip couture icon along with his older brother, Peter Jr. — was found dead on Sunday, just days before he...
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Senate Dem whip says he won’t corral votes for second Trump impeachment

Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin will not formally push his caucus to vote in favor of convicting President Trump in his second impeachment trial, describing it as a personal decision for lawmakers.
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China blasts Mike Pompeo for ‘conspiracy theory’ about COVID-19’s Wuhan lab origins

China has dismissed heightened claims from the US that COVID-19 may have originated in a Wuhan lab, slamming it as baseless "conspiracy theories" and dubbing Mike Pompeo as "Mr. Lies."
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One in eight recovered COVID-19 patients reportedly die within 5 months

Almost a third of recovered COVID-19 patients end up back in the hospital within five months — and up to one in eight die of complications from the illness, according to a report. Researchers at the UK’s Leicester University and the Office for National Statistics found that out of 47,780 people discharged from the hospital,...
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Man Arrested Near Capitol With Loaded Handgun And 500 Rounds Of Ammunition

Wesley Allen Beeler presented unauthorized inauguration credentials Friday night, police said. Beeler admitted to having the handgun in his pickup truck, according to police.
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Biden To Quickly Sign Orders Mandating Masks, Reversing Trump Travel Ban And More

The actions for Day 1 were laid out in a memo by his chief of staff. The president-elect will extend pauses on student loan payments and evictions, plus send an immigration bill to Congress.
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House Lawmakers Open Investigation Into Capitol Attack

They want to know what the intelligence community knew about the planned attack and why officials didn't prepare more thoroughly.
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U.S. Executes Dustin Higgs In 13th And Final Execution Under Trump Administration

Higgs had been sentenced to death for the 1996 killings of three women in Maryland, which has since abolished the death penalty.
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Defense Official: Scores Of Current And Former Military Probed In Extremism Cases

The source says the Pentagon was informed about 68 subjects in FBI domestic extremism investigations in 2020. The vast majority are former military, many with unfavorable discharge records.
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NRA Files For Bankruptcy Amid Fraud Suit In New York

The NRA aims to relocate to Texas, away from the "corrupt political ... environment" of New York. The state's attorney general says officials diverted millions of dollars to their personal expenses.
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With Impeachment Trial And Relief Plan On Deck, Harris Stresses Need To 'Multitask'

The vice president-elect joins NPR to discuss the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the looming impeachment trial in the Senate and the massive rescue plan the president-elect just unveiled.
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Mask-Wearing, Social Distancing Improve, But Too Slowly, Survey Shows

Mask-wearing hit an all-time high, but other COVID-19 precautions are less common now than last spring, a survey finds. Experts worry we're ill-prepared for the spread of more infectious new variants.
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Federal Government Executes Corey Johnson For 1992 Murders

Corey Johnson is the 12th inmate to die by lethal injection since July, when the Trump administration restarted federal executions after a 17 year hiatus.
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Antibody-rich plasma treatment reduced deaths for COVID-19 patients: Mayo Clinic study

Blood plasma transfusions with high concentrations of COVID-19 antibodies reduced deaths among some virus patients, according to a new study conducted by Mayo Clinic researchers, lending credibility to one of the few known treatments for the illness. “Early administration of high-titer convalescent plasma against SARS-CoV-2 to mildly ill infected older adults reduced the progression of...
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