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Downtown Chicago was the target of violence early Monday as large groups moved through the area, smashing windows and looting stores. The city vowed to crack down on violence.

The head of the World Health Organization had called the island nation "a global exemplar" for its success in controlling the virus. Four new cases emerge after 101 days with none.

Republican senators facing tough reelections may be in the hot seat when it comes time to vote on President Trump's controversial nominee to head the nation's largest public lands agency.

On Saturday, the country hit 100 days since its last instance of community transmission. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is warning against complacency.

Nearly half of meatpacking workers are immigrants, a group disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Many meatpackers in Nebraska feel they've been scapegoated as carriers because of their cultures.

Tensions flared in the Oregon city over the weekend after a fire inside police union headquarters led authorities to declare a riot.

An NPR/Marist focus group of Phoenix-area voters weighs in on President Trump's campaign messages, and his handling of the pandemic and race relations.

The U.S. continues to lead the world in both cases and deaths, as states across the Midwest and South battle a surge in new cases.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with interim superintendent Keith McGee about the process of starting the school year with in-person teaching in Arkansas' North Little Rock School District.

Despite the pandemic, Sturgis, South Dakota, is expecting hundreds of thousands of people this week for its annual motorcycle rally. We hear from those enjoying the event, and those worried about it.