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A Salt Lake County Health Department public health nurse performs a coronavirus test outside the Salt Lake County Health Department. On Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, Utah hit an all-time high of nearly 2,000 confirmed cases in one day.

U.S. Coronavirus Cases Surpass Summer Peak And Are Climbing Higher Fast

The country has blown past records set in July and entered uncharted territory. Experts can't predict how high the new peak will go. Here's what's driving the surge.

The U.S. Agency for International Development is one of the largest official foreign aid organizations in the world. An executive order from the Trump administration said there would be consequences if its diversity training programs were to continue.

Why Diversity Training Has Been Suspended At USAID

The suspension followed an executive order from the Trump administration that called such workplace programs "divisive," "anti-American," racist against white people and sexist against men.

Di Prima's <em>Memoirs of a Beatnik</em> was a highly sexualized fictional account of the poet's time with the Beats.

Diane di Prima, Beat Poet And Activist, Dead At 86

Di Prima wrote over 40 books of poetry and memoir, including her collection the radical and political Revolutionary Letters,

New videos from Kazakhstan's tourism board turn the fictional journalist Borat's catchphrase "Very nice!" into a slogan to promote the Central Asian country.

'Very Nice!': Kazakhstan, Outraged No More, Embraces Borat In New Slogan

The country is welcoming a chance to boost its profile through the new movie featuring the fictional journalist Borat. And as one young Kazakhstani puts it, "This is a parody of American society."

When his wife and young daughter were killed in a car accident in 1972, Joe Biden struggled to acknowledge his grief publicly. "He didn't want to become a symbol of human vulnerability," Evan Osnos says. "But it was thrust upon him and he had to decide whether to embrace it."

Biography Traces Political Mistakes And Personal Scars That Shaped Joe Biden

The New Yorker's Evan Osnos writes about the candidate's enduring quest to become president. He says Joe Biden has a different mindset today than he once had: "He's a man who is at peace."

Campaign signs are in abundance last week for early voting at Westchester Regional Library in Miami.

Biden And Trump Campaigns Stress Closing Themes In New TV Ads

Joe Biden's campaign is casting the election as a decisive moment in the country's future, while President Trump's campaign is attacking Biden on issues including crime and energy.

Kassa Overall's Video For 'I Think I'm Good' Is A Deep Exploration Of Contrasts

This video, part of our 'We Insist' timeline of 2020's noteworthy protest music, was released Oct. 26.

A woman walks past a wrecked van near the northwestern Syrian village of Barisha. Local residents and medical staff told NPR that noncombatant civilians who were in the van were injured and killed last year the night of the U.S. raid on the compound of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The military says the men were combatants but found no weapons.

Pentagon Says 2 Men Killed In Baghdadi Raid Were Combatants But Offers Little Evidence

After NPR reported claims of civilian deaths in the operation against the ISIS chief, Central Command says the men showed "hostile intent," but it found no weapons or signs they fired at U.S. forces.

Zeta will likely hit coastal areas of Louisiana and Mississippi as a Category 1 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center says.

Zeta Triggers Hurricane Warning For New Orleans As Gulf Coast Awaits Storm

"This is a life-threatening situation," the National Hurricane Center said, urging people to take precautions against the risk of flooding. Louisiana and Alabama have declared a state of emergency.

Georgia Sees Surge In Black Voter Turnout

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Politico reporter Maya King about high voting turnout in Georgia, especially among the state's Black residents.

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