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The U.S. conducts nearly 2 million coronavirus tests daily. A new analysis shows millions more are needed to protect the most vulnerable. Use our tool to see how your state is doing.

A Montana hospital is playing Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" when a COVID-19 patient is discharged — calling the practice "Code Joy." It was played for a nurse there after her serious bout with the virus.

The Multnomah County sheriff's office got a call that a big cat with spots was loose. The zoo said all cheetahs were accounted for. Deputies found a large stuffed animal, a cheetah, sitting on a log.

The measure affects millions of Americans. Among other things, it extends additional unemployment benefits of $300 a week through early Spring. Many economists believe additional aid will be needed.

Hopes from the Arab Spring have mostly been dashed. But the era led to "a radical change in the way people think about the authorities, the state, and about their rights," says an Egyptian journalist.

"Scientifically, it is highly likely that the immune response by this vaccine also can deal with the new virus variant," BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin said Tuesday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Padilla to fill the vice president-elect's Senate seat. He'll be the state's first Latino senator.

The holidays have never felt more ambivalent — a feeling captured by Phoebe Bridgers' "Christmas Song"; The Bird and the Bee's "You and I at Christmas Time"; and Nick Lowe's "Winter Wonderland."

President-elect Joe Biden tells Americans that the coronavirus pandemic will get worse before it gets better.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with reporter Arun Venugopal about how the government's "model minority" perception promoted Asian American success while limiting opportunities for other nonwhite Americans.