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An Austrian police officer checks a driver's vaccination certificate during a traffic control stop in Graz, Austria, on Monday.

Austria and Germany impose restrictions on unvaccinated people as COVID cases surge

Austria has placed some 2 million unvaccinated people on partial lockdown. Similar restrictions in Berlin have been placed on people who aren't fully vaccinated.

Protesters and fans of Novak Djokovic gather outside the Park Hotel, used as an immigration detention hotel where Djokovic is confined in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday.

Djokovic's lawyers say he had COVID last month, grounds for vaccination exemption

If he fails to have his visa cancellation overturned and gets deported, Novak Djokovic risks missing more than one Australian Open and could be barred for up to three years.

Larry Trachtenberg, one of the original athletes that completed the first New York City Marathon in 1970, will run the marathon's 50th edition this year. He kept his training log from the 1970 marathon.

They ran the 1st New York City Marathon. Only one returns for the 50th

Larry Trachtenberg and Jim Isenberg dreamed of running the 50th version of the race they finished back in 1970. A life-altering accident foiled the plan.

Insurrectionists loyal to then-President Trump are seen swarming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Americans remain bitterly divided over the events that led to the siege on the Capitol that day, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll.

6 in 10 Americans say U.S. democracy is in crisis as the 'Big Lie' takes root

A year after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that Americans are pessimistic about the future of democracy, as false claims about the 2020 election persist.

World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks, pictured holding a photo of himself as a soldier in 1943, died on Wednesday at age 112.

The oldest living American veteran of World War II dies at 112

Lawrence Brooks served in the U.S. Army when the military was still racially segregated. But the Black soldier's deployment to Australia offered a reprieve from the racism of Jim Crow laws at home.

A plate of bacon sits on the kitchen table on the Ron Mardesen farm, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, near Elliott, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall/AP)

Bringing home the bacon tops new California laws in 2022

Voter-approved rules kicking in Jan. 1 have prompted concerns about possible shortages of bacon and other pork products, amid last-minute calls to delay the new regulations.

A contractor works to recount ballots from the 2020 general election in Phoenix, Ariz., on May 1. The Maricopa County ballot recount comes after two election audits found no evidence of widespread fraud in Arizona.

'Dark Money' Is Funding The 2020 Election Challenge — And Could Challenge 2024

New Yorker journalist Jane Mayer says a well-funded national movement is "really going all in on this Trump lie" in an effort to change the way ballots are cast and counted.

Teresa Garcia says she remains haunted by the dozens of undocumented workers she believes remain missing at the site of 9/11.

Families Of Undocumented Immigrants Lost On 9/11 Continue To Search For Closure

At least 67 undocumented immigrants, mainly from Mexico and South America, who worked at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, are still considered missing.

An applicant waits with paperwork at a rental assistance fair July 24, 2021, in Jackson, Miss.

So far, little fraud evident in rental assistance programs

After being victimized by massive unemployment fraud, housing officials in California and other states are reporting few fraudulent applications in their rental assistance programs.

A top researcher says it's time to rethink our entire approach to preschool

A long-term study of a statewide preschool program tracked students through the sixth grade and found those who attended prekindergarten falling behind.

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