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Syria’s uncertain future under jihadist-turned-statesman Ahmad al-Sharaa.

ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship and 'unlawful threats'

The app lets people anonymously share the locations of immigration agents but Apple removed it from its app store under pressure from the Trump administration. Now, the app's developer is suing.

A person cleans a table in an outdoor tented dining area of a restaurant in Sacramento, Calif., on Nov. 19. Job growth is set to slow just as relief aid is due to expire at the end of the year.

'Warning Signs Flashing': Job Growth Slows Sharply As Pandemic Takes Toll On Economy

U.S. employers added just 245,000 jobs last month as the runaway pandemic continued to weigh on hiring. The unemployment rate fell to 6.7% from 6.9% in October.

COVID-19 Morning Update

Florida health officials reported 615 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, Sunday, bringing the statewide total to 36,078 cases. The latest update from…

In April, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued guidance suggesting private schools should benefit from a representative share of federal coronavirus aid money.

Education Dept. Rule Limits How Schools Can Spend Vital Aid Money

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos signaled she is standing firm on her intention to reroute millions of dollars in coronavirus aid money to K-12 private school students.

Secret Tunnel Warfare

In WW1 Allied troops tunneled under enemy lines to create the biggest explosion ever seen.

Secret State of North Korea

Using undercover footage, FRONTLINE explores life under Kim Jong-un.

Elissa Nadworny

Elissa Nadworny reports on all things college for NPR, following big stories like unprecedented enrollment declines, college affordability, the student debt crisis and workforce training. During the 2020-2021 academic year, she traveled to dozens of campuses to document what it was like to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. Her work has won several awards including a 2020 Gracie Award for a story about student parents in college, a 2018 James Beard Award for a story about the Chinese-American population in the Mississippi Delta and a 2017 Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in innovation.

Last week, craft brewers warned that an order to close their businesses could cause more than 100 of the approximately 320 breweries in the state to permanently shut their doors.

State Talks Begin With Bar Owners, Brewers On Reopening

The state’s top business regulator will start holding talks Friday afternoon about reopening bars amid the coronavirus pandemic, with additional...

Staff of the Wuhan Hygiene Emergency Response Team leave the shuttered Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan on Jan. 11, 2020. There is strong evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic originated in animals at this market. China stated that a 61-year-old man who purchased goods there was the first known death from the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus.

On 3/11/20, WHO declared a pandemic. These quotes and photos recall that historic time

Three years ago, the novel coronavirus swept the world. Here are 24 quotes and 13 photos that sum up the reaction in the weeks before the World Health Organization's declaration of a global pandemic.

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