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In the United States there's lots of discussion about when the coronavirus will finally become endemic the way colds are. But African scientists say that may have already happened on their continent.

If you've always wanted to take a course at Harvard or with America's most talented chefs, but you didn't have the money, discipline or grades, now's your chance. The best part of this free online class: You can eat your lab experiments.

NPR investigates allegations that former Los Angeles mayor and current U.S. Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti lied under oath to protect a friend and adviser from harassment claims.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his U.K. counterpart are in Kyiv after Russia received shipments of close-range ballistic missile systems from Iran.

Former AT&T President appears in court, research shows public universities increase economic and social mobility for the residents in their counties and the U.S. Secretary of the Interior hears pleas regarding the church that hosted Emmet Till's funeral

Congressman Adam Kinzinger talks about his next moves, a newly created research center in Chicago to focus on impacts of cannabis usage, and a Black Illinois homeowner claims State Farm commits covert racial discrimination with its claims

An social service agency changes its name to Bright Point, Macon county renames a stretch of highway after a fallen state trooper, Midwestern states allow the sale of raw milk, and a replica of the Statue of Liberty will soon be located in the Metro East.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzle master Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with Joe Lewis of Portland, Maine.

The 65-team NCAA men's basketball tournament begins this week. Defending champion Florida, North Carolina, Ohio State, and Kansas are the top seeds. In picking this year's at-large teams, the selection committee favored clubs from the power conferences.

States with the lowest vaccination rates are clustered in the South and the Southwest. But there's one standout, New Mexico, where health officials now say some counties are close to 90% vaccinated.