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Wealthy countries have a strategy to secure doses of any forthcoming vaccines. And that's creating a problem for lower-income nations.

When Kansas issued a mask mandate, 81 counties opted out. Researchers found coronavirus infection rates rose sharply in the opt-out counties, while falling in those that required masks.

A massive manhunt is underway in New York for two convicted murders who escaped Saturday from a maximum security facility in upstate New York.

Chief Thomas Jackson's departure is effective March 19. He is the latest employee to resign or be fired in the wake of a Justice Department report that accused local police and courts of racial bias.

The country's seventh-largest bank says the information was taken from a hack of credit card applications submitted over a 14-year period.

Microsoft says it will wind down the pioneering and once ubiquitous free video calling service so it can streamline its consumer communications offerings, such as Microsoft Teams.

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman spoke to the press following a hearing in Franklin Circuit Court Monday morning. Coleman and his team hope to clear the way for the resumption of executions in the state.

States are competing against one another — and the federal government — for medical supplies to deal with the coronavirus crisis.

The social networking app has exploded in popularity during the pandemic, far outgrowing its gaming roots. Now, Microsoft is in talks to acquire Discord for $10 billion.

Award-winning science journalist Alison Richards is deputy supervising senior editor for NPR's science desk.