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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Drew Harris, population health expert at Thomas Jefferson University, about what it means to "flatten the curve" when it comes to curbing the spread of coronavirus.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to singer Wafia about her new EP, Good Things.

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, as the number of countries with cases of the viral disease reaches 114.

Author Barbara Neely died last week at 78. Neely was a trailblazer for black women in crime fiction, and her books used the mystery genre to call attention to issues of race, class and gender.

In Trump's first term, his administration proposed major funding cuts to housing, food and other public benefits. Congress did not pass them, but advocates worry this time could be different.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Congresswoman-elect Lateefah Simon, who's finding her way around Washington as an incoming freshman House Democrat.

Earhart, her navigator and their plane disappeared during their attempted 1937 circumnavigation of the globe. A deep sea exploration company thought it might have solved the mystery, but it lives on.

The United Nations' annual climate conference, COP 29, has wrapped. The goal was to raise money from to help developing nations cut climate pollution and prepare for future threats.

Every day in the workplace, people are discovering that artificial intelligence has the potential to change our jobs and our lives — for better or worse.

Hamas freed 24 hostages taken during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel in which about1,200 people were killed. Thirteen were part of a prisoner-hostage swap deal. The others were a surprise development.