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Nashville, Tenn., nurse RaDonda Vaught is on trial for reckless homicide for giving the wrong medication to a patient at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

The amphibious craft carrying 31 people sank on a Missouri lake during a severe storm. Seventeen people were killed. Divers worked through the night on rescue and recovery operations.

A record-setting number of women are running for the House this year, fueled by a surge in Republican candidates.

What does an elementary school classroom look like right now? Photojournalist Natosha Via spent the day with one Louisville music teacher as she adjusted masks and sanitized xylophone mallets.

Senate Republicans say they are open to sending states more money to make it easier to administer an election amid the pandemic after initial fears that no more federal money would be spent.

Voters are being encouraged this year to cast absentee ballots, especially if they're worried about electronic voting or problems at the polls. And it appears that many people are taking the advice. Election officials say that requests for absentee ballots are up across the country.

NPR's Noel King speaks with CD Davidson-Hiers, K-12 education reporter with the Tallahassee Democrat, about helping hundreds of readers register for COVID-19 vaccine appointments.

Metro Denver is sparring with a wealthy suburb over who is responsible for a growing unhoused population.

The storm is expected to have winds of at least 130 mph — a Category 4 storm — when it makes landfall near the Louisiana-Texas border. Its storm surge could be up to 14 feet.

Black renters face eviction at twice the rate of white renters in the U.S. and there's evidence the pandemic hit Black renters harder. A federal moratorium on evictions is expiring at the end of June.