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Now that the federal mask mandate on public transport has come to an end, should people continue to wear masks anyway? We explore the latest science on air flow and transmission.

Hundreds of thousands of students are out of school in Los Angeles. The union representing school support staff began a three-day strike on Tuesday.

Hundreds of thousands of students are out of school in Los Angeles. The union representing school support staff began a three-day strike on Tuesday.

From the race drama In the Heat of the Night to the musical Fiddler on the Roof, Canadian-born director Norman Jewison defied categorization. He began his career in television.

Bob Clark plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Is it a sexually transmitted disease? Can you get it on a crowded bus? Trying on clothes? We talk to specialists about how this virus is transmitted and what kinds of precautions are warranted.

The reunions are the first since 2010 and involve a few hundred family members from North and South who have not seen one another since the 1950s.

Those who died include teachers, bus drivers, a security worker and a cafeteria manager. "It is a bruising statistic that we need to absolutely internalize," said Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho.

The attacker grabbed the officer's gun and fatally shot himself, the agency adds. The officer was identified as George Gonzalez, a veteran who served in Iraq, by the Pentagon Force Protection Agency.

The migrants traveling from Texas were dropped off on Christmas Eve in Washington, D.C. A nonprofit organization helped them reach a church for shelter, food and other care.