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Darren Ford (left) reacts to the new mask guideline while presenting his vaccine card at Liberty Theatre on May 14 in Camas, Wash. Gov. Jay Inslee announced last Thursday that the statewide mask mandate would no longer apply to fully vaccinated adults.

Even With The No-Mask Guidance, Some Pockets Of The U.S. Aren't Ready To Let Go

Many Americans are still making sense of new CDC guidance that vaccinated people no longer have to wear masks in most indoor settings.

In this June 11, 2020, file photo, Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, wears a face mask as she calls on lawmakers to create a task force to study and develop reparation proposals for African Americans, during the Assembly session in Sacramento, Calif.

Shirley Weber Confirmed As California's First Black Secretary Of State

Weber, who taught Africana Studies at San Diego State University for more than four decades and was first elected to the Assembly in 2012, chaired the Assembly Budget Committee and the Assembly Committee on Elections.

The new scholarship program is in part named after the late Constance Baker Motley, seen here in 2004, who was the first Black woman federal judge.

New Program Aims To Bring More Civil Rights Lawyers To The South

The scholarship program, sponsored by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, intends to support the next generation of civil rights advocates working in the South.

New Program Aims To Bring More Civil Rights Lawyers To The South

The scholarship program, sponsored by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, intends to support the next generation of civil rights advocates working in the South.

Review: How I learned to stop worrying and love the deathly delights of 'Elden Ring'

A celebrated game developer known for brutal difficulty and impenetrable storytelling collaborated with Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin for their latest title.

People receive COVID-19 vaccines at the vaccination super station at Grossmont Center in La Mesa, Calif. Feb. 2, 2021.

COVID-19 shots unlikely to prompt rare inflammation in kids

Isolated cases in people with no detectable evidence of coronavirus infection prompted a closer look by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and elsewhere. They say vaccine surveillance data show chances are under 1 in 1 million for the condition to occur after vaccination but no infection.

President Biden speaks about Ukraine at the White House on Tuesday. He said Russian President Vladimir Putin recognition of breakaway republics in two Ukrainian oblasts is a "flagrant violation of international law."

Allies join U.S. in imposing sanctions pressure on Russia over Ukraine

The president called Russia's recognition of two Ukrainian regions a "flagrant violation of international law" and announced sanctions targeting Russia's ability to do business with the West.

'Justice on the Brink' author considers the impact of Trump's 3 Supreme Court picks

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse says the new Court has given conservatives less than they'd hoped for, though critical cases on abortion and other issues are still pending.

U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Linda Thomas-Greenfield, far right, speaks during an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the Ukraine crisis, in New York on Monday.

U.N. leaders condemn Putin after he orders 'peacekeepers' to Ukraine

Russia's action was universally condemned in an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting, which concluded with no action taken.

Activists gather outside the National Civil Rights Museum following the annual Martin Luther King Day march on January 16, 2017 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Memphis: How Do You Remember Martin Luther King Jr.?

NPR's Morning Edition is traveling to Memphis, Tenn., to report on the years since MLK's death. We want to hear from Memphis families to learn how things have changed — or not changed.

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