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The Supreme Court upheld laws that allow states to penalize electoral college delegates who vote for a different candidate than the person they pledged to support.

J. Courtney Sullivan's new novel examines the relationship between a mother and her child's caregiver — both women with significant degrees of privilege, despite their surface economic differences.

NPR's Brian Mann has been trail running in New York's Adirondack Mountains to manage stress during the coronavirus pandemic. He shares the sounds of the forest with listeners.

J. Paul Taylor has found that some brain diseases, like Alzheimer's and ALS, are linked to a basic process inside brain cells. Scientists hope drugs that tweak the process can treat illnesses.

Arizona is facing one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the U.S., with the highest ever testing positivity rates. Massachusetts has driven infection rates down and could offer some lessons.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Josh Santarpia, an associate professor of pathology and microbiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, about airborne transmission of the coronavirus.

Victoria, whose capital city is Melbourne, has logged 127 cases in the last 24 hours, which accounts for more than 90% of Australia's infections during that period, according to national data.

Among the young, the numbers shot up: 9% of adults 18-29 have moved due to the coronavirus. Some people moved to avoid catching the virus, while others were forced by the closing of college campuses.

Federal debt collectors were granted an exception from the general robocall ban in 2015. The high court ruled that Congress can't favor some speech over others.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth tells NPR that she'll hold up hundreds of Army officer promotions unless she gets assurance that the Trump administration won't interfere with that of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman.