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The U.S. hits a record number of COVID-19 cases. A British socialite is found guilty of helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls. President Biden and Russia's Putin are to speak on the phone.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to David Rennie, Beijing bureau chief at The Economist, about China's escalating crackdown. Pressure has intensified on independent journalists throughout the country.

The supply chain backlog has ships backed up off the coast of Los Angeles. They're spewing exhaust that's affecting the air quality in Southern California and renewing environmental health concerns.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with BBC correspondent Andrew Harding about his true crime literary thriller. It's about a double murder almost six years ago in a rural area of South Africa.

For 3,000 years, a mummy of the pharaoh Amenhotep I hid its secrets. Researchers in Egypt have used a CT scan to find out new details about just what the mummy was hiding.

Skyrocketing COVID-19 case rates have caused officials In New York City and elsewhere to scale back their New Year's Eve celebrations. Around the country, people are facing tough decisions.

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.

Two people from St. Paul have been charged with killing a toddler who was in their care, according to troopers. Earlier this month, 2-year-old Joshua Rukovishnikoff was medevaced to an Anchorage hospital with a serious head injury, according to a report Wednesday from Alaska State Troopers. He died at the hospital and his remains were sent to the State Medical Examiner for autopsy.

A local state of emergency that allowed the City of Unalaska to enact protective measures against COVID-19 will expire Friday. City Council took no action at a meeting Tuesday night to extend the declaration, which has been in place since the pandemic began in March 2020. When the declaration expires, the city will no longer be able to issue protective measures — like mask mandates — unless a new emergency is declared.

A local state of emergency allowed the City of Unalaska to enact protective measures against COVID-19, but it will expire Dec. 31; Alaska’s U.S. Senators introduced legislation to form a panel to study Pacific salmon trends and provide a strategy to support salmon management; and the state-run ferry system rode out a turbulent year.