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Omicron is subsiding in South Africa

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Dr. Glenda Gray, president of the South African Medical Research Council, about how omicron cases are going down in South Africa, and the lessons for the U.S.

Married at 15, Chakraman Shreshta Balami fulfilled his dying father's wish by getting married — at age 15. He had to give up his dream of becoming a doctor. Now the vice principal of Sri Bhavani government school, he campaigns against child marriage — but even his son was married as a teenager. Above, he poses with a grandchild.

Child grooms are often overlooked in the fight to stop child marriage

The U.N. issued its first report on the plight of child grooms. And the pandemic has only made things worse. Here's a report from Nepal, where 1 in 10 boys marry young.

Donald Trump was met with cheers are chants at the "Save America" rally on Jan. 6.

Trump still says his supporters weren't behind the Jan. 6 attack — but I was there

It's been a year since that pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol. I was there when it happened, and I was also there months later when they tried to shift the blame.

COVID-19 experts, athletes and Daniel Craig make the U.K.'s 'Honours List'

The annual tradition pays tribute to people for achievements made over the previous year. The government said it was the most ethnically diverse Honours List yet.

Mpho Tutu, sits with the coffin of her father, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, during his funeral at the St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, on Saturday.

At his funeral, Tutu is remembered for helping end apartheid and championing rights

"Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been our moral compass and national conscience," South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a eulogy at Tutu's state funeral on Saturday.

In this photo provided on Saturday by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, attends a meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang.

North Korea's Kim vows to build up military and maintain anti-virus measures

In a speech at a key political conference, Kim Jong Un vowed to further bolster his military capability, maintain draconian anti-virus measures and push hard to improve the economy.

Carla Witjer a 9th grader a Hoover High holds up her negative COVID test results, she took the first of two tests San Diego Unified School District sent home with students, San Diego Dec. 31, 2021.

Students test for COVID at home before going back to school Monday

San Diego Unified students use at-home COVID tests provided by the district.

Michigan is trying to lure electric car makers

Michigan wants to remain a center of automotive development and manufacturing. As the state faces interstate competition, political leaders are looking to industry incentives.

Actress Betty White poses for a portrait on the set of the television show "Hot in Cleveland" in 2010. White died at the age of 99.

Betty White, a beloved icon and actress since the beginning of TV, has died at age 99

TV favors the young — but Betty White only got more famous as she got older. White's career began in the earliest days of television, and she was active until her death at the age of 99.

The coffin carrying the body of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu arrives on Friday at the St. George's Cathedral, where he will lie in state for a second day in Cape Town, South Africa.

South Africans line up to pay their last respects to Desmond Tutu

South Africans from all corners of retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu's "rainbow nation" filed past his pine casket in Cape Town. The viewing line at St. George's Cathedral stretched for nearly a mile.

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