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Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Oregon have the highest risk of seeing increased militia activity around the elections, according to a new report obtained exclusively by NPR.

Eleven months into the COVID-19 crisis, an unimaginable death toll has been reached. NPR spoke to doctors, nurses and the bereaved about how they face loss every day.

When his wife, Kamala Harris, is sworn in as vice president of the U.S., Emhoff will also be creating history. "I'm gonna support her," he said when once asked what he'd do if she were elected.

San Diego County's new budget proposal includes money for short-term and long-term mental health care. Also in the podcast: A new study shows teachers in San Diego are facing financial crisis due salaries not keeping up with housing costs. And KPBS's film critic and host of the Cinema Junkie podcast, Beth Accomando, has a full preview of the oncoming Ken Cinema film week.

City officials in Jakarta, Indonesia, created the life-size coffins — complete with dummies inside — to encourage people to take the pandemic seriously. It didn't quite have the intended effect.

Medical facilities run by the Department of Veterans Affairs are reopening at a slower pace than many civilian health systems. But the VA has recently started to expand in-person care.

A new report from the United Nations finds humans are accelerating the extinction of over 1 million plants and animals. Also, the cost of California public universities has spiked over the past four decades, City Councilwoman Jen Campbell has politics in her blood, a California couple is planning their new home in their backyard and cities in San Diego County are switching to district elections to increase diversity, but it is working?

Right-wing activists and protesters designated as hate groups echoed the president's false claims of a stolen election.. As night fell, clashes between Trump fans and counterprotesters turned violent.

Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged the suspected gunman in the April shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue with federal hate crimes including 54 counts of obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs. A year into California’s sanctuary law, not all San Diego County law enforcement offices fully comply. Following thousands of complaints, the Pentagon is reforming military family moving practices. And a new biography traces the source of Dr. Seuss’ imagination.

A standoff in Julian over the future of its volunteer fire department, county supervisors want a comprehensive strategy for electric cars, and Elise Hu talks about her work as a reporter for NPR.