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Team USA skateboarder Maurio McCoy tells NPR how he's spending his summer now that the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo are postponed until next year.

Sen. Kamala Harris' father immigrated from Jamaica to the United States in 1961. Now, Jamaicans from his hometown are celebrating that she has been chosen as Joe Biden's running mate.

Protests across the country in the wake of the killing of George Floyd amplified racial divisiveness and prejudice, but that pushed some to try and have hard conversations.

The U.S. Postal Service is not meeting goals for on-time mail delivery, a worrying sign as millions of Americans are expected to vote by mail in November.

Among the things the coronavirus pandemic is changing is how people get around. People are walking, biking and driving more, but using buses, trains and Uber less.

Tens of thousands are still without power in the aftermath of the storm system that slammed the state last week, flattening homes, buildings and countless acres of farmland.

After six weeks on a ventilator, she was dying of COVID-19. But doctors took a gamble and gave Mayra Ramirez a double lung transplant. Now she shares what it's like to come back from the brink.

Officials believe church gatherings in the greater Seoul region are largely responsible for a sudden increase in COVID-19 infections. South Korea had been praised for its control of the virus.

President Trump recently issued an executive order that would effectively ban the Chinese app WeChat — starting in September. The order says the app poses a national security threat.

NPR's David Greene talks to Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York, who serves as the Whip of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, about the importance of the Latino vote in this year's election.