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A conservative group challenged Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' authority to declare successive states of emergency. St. Croix County Judge Michael Waterman refuses its request for an injunction.

The Iowa Republican accuses opponents of Amy Coney Barrett's nomination of undermining the judge with attacks on her faith and role as a mother. But Democrats focus on health care, not religion.

Serial reporter Chana Joffe-Walt says progressive white parents may say they want their kids to go to diverse schools — but the reality tells a different story. Her new podcast is Nice White Parents.

The latest cases highlight the absence of a widespread testing program for Congress more than seven months after the World Health Organization declared a pandemic.

The Biden campaign has tried for weeks to shift the focus away from questions over whether he would, as president, seek to increase the number of Supreme Court justices.

The victims of recent fighting in Helmand include a pregnant woman struck by a stray bullet. Peace talks continue, but the Taliban argue that an Afghan cease-fire should come as the talks conclude.

The CNN host and author says COVID-19 has widened the inequality gap. "The most important piece of what the federal government can do is to stabilize these people's lives with direct aid," he says.

The move is a reversal of Facebook's longstanding reluctance to block problematic content. Critics say public health misinformation has flourished on the social network.

In a time of polarization and political division, NPR and StoryCorps explore whether simple but courageous acts — talking and listening — can be a countervailing force to national discord.

Pediatricians have been asking policy makers to include children in COVID-19 vaccine trials. Now, the FDA has given Pfizer approval to enroll adolescents as young as 12 years old.