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With the pandemic continuing, is it OK to go trick-or-treating on Halloween? Some people are finding creative solutions in hopes of a safe and spooky night.

Attorney General Barr says Trump's DOJ tweets make his job impossible. Millions in Pentagon funding is diverted to the border wall. And, how fast can a vaccine for the coronavirus be developed?

Days away from the general election, NPR reporters discuss real and perceived election threats.

From a curtain producer in Shanghai to a factory in Prague, a look at the frenzy surrounding the Personal Protective Equipment business.

Computerized voices read newspaper stories from the 1918 flu pandemic in this haunting audio project. "I wanted it to sound like a broadcast from a dystopian future," says artist Jordan Baseman.

New research shows that otters can learn to solve puzzles by watching other otters do them — and they seem to retain long-term memory for accomplishing the feats.

Three House members from central Illinois voted Wednesday for a bipartisan plan to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

The FDA has authorized storing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at refrigerator temperatures for up to a month. Previously the vaccine could only be kept in a regular fridge for up to 5 days.

A previously unknown novel coronavirus capable of infecting people has been discovered in Borneo, says a team of researchers from Duke University.

Roughly 4 out of 5 Americans say the situation at the southern border is a problem, a new NPR/Ipsos poll shows. Bipartisan majorities also support a way for some immigrants to become citizens.