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Geraldine Coughlan reports from the Hague that the Netherlands today became the first country to legalize euthanasia. By a vote of 104 to 40, the Dutch parliament approved a bill to allow physician-assisted suicide. The new law states that doctors who help terminally ill patients end their lives must know their patients well. Euthanasia can not be practiced on foreigners who might travel to the Netherlands, hoping to end their lives. Euthanasia has been tolerated in The Netherlands for years. In 1993, parliament adopted guidelines for doctors to perform mercy killings. In theory, though, euthanasia remained a crime punishable by up to 12 years in prison.

This week's election results show education issues foremost in the minds of many voters, and suggest many parents may be seeking a course correction after 18 months of disruptions.

Extended school closings during the pandemic were a calamity for education. NPR's Anya Kamenetz writes about how COVID changed children's lives in her new book: The Stolen Year.

The letters are the first examples of the national security and intelligence workforce being included in broader efforts to downsize the federal government by the Trump administration.

Regeneron — the pharmaceutical company developing COVID-19 treatments — has received FDA approval for the first drug aimed at another infectious disease that's been in the headlines.

The House approved the debt ceiling bill, and it will now head to the Senate. This is brushing up against the deadline for when the U.S. is projected to run out of money to pay its bills: June 5.

Clearing the wreckage of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was destroyed by a container ship is an urgent priority. How long until maritime traffic can resume is far from clear.

GOP lawmakers want a compromise to prevent a shutdown for at least another month. But many Democrats have promised a no-vote unless protections for "Dreamers" are part of the bargain.

New York's Museum of Modern Art reopened Monday after renovations. Protesters turned out to draw attention to the museum's finances, which they say includes tainted money.

The time between Christmas and New Year's can feel like a floaty week for some. NPR's Life Kit has tips for how to use this time to reflect on the past year.