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With vaccines making it safer to date in-person again, NPR spoke to several people about their hesitations and hopes in the world of dating after a year of solitude.

Gestures of protest have already begun. But exactly what's allowed under the International Olympic Committee's new rules on expression is somewhat murky.

England has seen a boom in young men enrolling in the clergy. The phenomenon has been happening for a decade, so it's not a reflection of the new pope.

The National Women's Soccer League resumed playing Wednesday after a difficult week. The league has been rocked by sexual misconduct allegations and the years it took for the abuse to come to light.

September was supposed to be the month that Americans went back to work. Job gains are expected to be stronger than they were in August, but hiring is unlikely to match the levels of early summer.

South Carolina's governor wants to put $500 million of federal COVID-19 relief money toward fixing and improving water systems across the state. Gov. Henry McMaster announced his idea Thursday and said wants to give priority to rural and smaller systems. He says a modern clean drinking water and sewer system is vital to both citizens and to bring in businesses. The $500 million is part of about $2.4 billion in pandemic relief money that the state can spend.

The mud- and rust-encrusted guns were discovered by accident as the Georgia riverbed was being dredged. Researchers suspect they came from British ships scuttled to the river bottom in 1779.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Christopher White — CEO of Road to Responsibility, which provides care for adults with disabilities — about life threatening staffing shortages in his industry.

Even though Germany is out of the World Cup, there's still an atmosphere of great excitement ahead of Sunday's championship game in Berlin between Italy and France.

Doctors who performed the world's first partial face transplant provide an update on the procedure and the patient's condition. The recipient was a 38-year-old French woman who had been mauled by a dog.