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A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced Loujain al-Hathloul, a prominent Saudi female activist, to five years and eight months in prison. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with her sister Alia al-Hathloul.

After delays, testing for the coronavirus ramps up in the U.S. Saudi Arabia cuts oil prices — in part due to coronavirus. And, six states vote Tuesday in the latest Democratic presidential primaries.

With the addition of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming, the federal government now recognizes same-sex marriage in 32 states and the capital.

Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was convicted of "spreading false information" about the Russian army.

The Republican National Committee censured Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, and in the censure document labeled the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol "legitimate political discourse."

One person was killed and six more were wounded in a shooting Saturday night at Pennsylvania's Lincoln University.

A jury found Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The case has been widely watched by other defendants as a potential bellwether.

People with weakened immune systems who already got two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines can now get a third shot. But exactly who is eligible? Here's what we know so far.

It was drummed into our brains: Stay 6 feet from others! Limit close contact to 15 minutes. With the highly contagious delta variant, do we need to rethink those numbers?

A dry spring has led a committee to declare that six counties in northeast South Carolina are in the first level of drought. The South Carolina Drought Response Committee voted Wednesday to place Clarendon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and Williamsburg counties in an incipient drought, which is the first of four levels.