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President Joe Biden waves from Air Force One before departing on March 16, 2021, en route to visit a small business in Chester, Pennsylvania to highlight how the American Rescue Plan helps small businesses.

The top destination for Biden during his first year in office? Pennsylvania

Biden traveled there seven times since taking office, more than any other president in recent history. The reasons for his visits there and other states have to do with policy, politics and more.

The COVID antiviral drugs are here but they're scarce. Here's what to know

Paxlovid and molnupiravir have been authorized for emergency use to keep COVID-19 patients out of the hospital, but don't expect to be able to go to your usual pharmacy and get them.

An Afghan woman waits in the makeshift clinic organized by World Vision at a settlement near Herat, Afghanistan.

Parents selling children shows desperation in Afghanistan

Many of Afghanistan's growing number of destitute people are making desperate decisions as their nation spirals into a deeper poverty.

Remembering some of those we lost in 2021, from literary legends to everyday heroes

2021 was filled with tremendous loss, from staggering COVID deaths to those of leading writers such as Joan Didion and bell hooks to a longtime abortion activist and politicians who shaped our world.

With the U.S. Capitol dome in the background, a sign that reads "Build Back Better" is displayed before a news conference on Dec. 15, the day the last monthly child tax credit payment was sent out.

The expanded child tax credit expires Friday after Congress failed to renew it

Because the Build Back Better agenda was not passed by the Senate before the end of the year, the last payment of the expanded child tax credit program went out this month.

50 wonderful things from 2021: The performances, moments, and laughs we'll remember

NPR pop culture critic Linda Holmes lists highlights from the year, including Ted Lasso, a TikTok dog, a twisty mystery, some great performances, and a moment in a mall.

Limits on virtual addiction treatment may soon return, making care harder to access

A ban on using telemedicine to prescribe controlled medications was suspended in the pandemic. That's allowed many to seek opioid addiction treatment, but some worry about potential for abuse.

U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell testified last July before the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Authorities say some 140 police officers were injured during the insurrection.

As the Jan. 6 attack anniversary nears, one Capitol officer fears a violent repeat

Ten months after U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell thought he'd die as Capitol rioters pummeled him, he's still working to recover his mental and physical health.

A National City paramedic greets people waiting for free flu shots outside Fire Station 34 on Sept. 22, 2020.

San Diego County records first influenza death of the season

San Diego County reported its first influenza death of the season, a 42-year-old man from the North Central region of the county, the Health and Human Services Agency announced Wednesday.

In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell is seated at the defense table while watching testimony of witnesses during her trial in New York.

Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty of helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls

The British socialite was accused of procuring underage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. After six days of deliberation, a federal jury found her guilty on five of six counts.

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