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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is hoping to break the logjam that's been holding up pandemic relief in Congress. The clock is ticking for millions of people whose aid will expire later this month.

Earlier this year, Albert Petrocelli died after contracting the coronavirus. StoryCorps revisits a 2005 interview with Albert and his wife remembering a son who died in the Sept. 11 attacks.

With a heat wave hitting the South, people dealing with high temperatures there and in other parts of the world, offer tips on how to stay cool.

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected race-conscious admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. What does this mean for colleges and perspective students?

At eviction court in Columbus, Ohio, much of the work happens in the hallway just outside the courtroom. That's where tenants find lawyers to represent them, cases are mediated, and deals are struck.

For 14 years, Jessie Hamilton cooked at the Phi Gamma Delta house. When a former member heard she was working two jobs to try to pay her mortgage, a collection was started. The house is now paid off.

Apple's new feature to fight child sexual abuse is encouraging to families of survivors. But privacy advocates are trying to convince Apple to drop its plans, fearing they could lead to surveillance.

Nsé Ufot, CEO of the New Georgia Project, speaks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about her view of Democrats' voting rights efforts ahead of the president and vice president's visit to Georgia this week.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Kai Bird about his biography of President Jimmy Carter: The Outlier. Bird's book takes a close look at the four years Carter was in office.

As impeachment fades into the rearview mirror, lawmakers will be focused on President Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion economic rescue package. Economists are debating that level of federal spending.