The state was the last one to include the Confederate battle emblem on its flag. Reuben Anderson, chair of the redesign commission, discusses the proposals and what the change means for Mississippi.

In Florida elections, Republicans usually dominate in the north by amassing votes around Duval County. It hasn't voted for a Democratic president since 1976. But the political winds might be shifting.

An annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, S.D., will happen despite many local residents' opposition. The weeklong event is expected to draw 250,000 people and may pose a major coronavirus risk.

The Air Force's new top officer, Gen. Charles Brown Jr., is the first African American to serve as a military service chief. He will be the first Black officer on the Joint Chiefs of Staff since 1993.

Minneapolis voters will not get a chance to decide whether to replace the police department — the city's charter commission put the process on hold, with members saying they need more information.

Some schools are choosing to be remote-only this fall, while others have already reopened. NPR looks at the science and education issues facing families, states and educators as classes resume.

Chicago civil engineer Kai Wong Sam died in April from COVID-19. His wife talks about their childhood letters as pen pals and how they reconnected and fell in love years later.

A team at the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation now projects the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 will reach nearly 300,000 by December.

Sandy Villatoro, a housekeeper who lost her job in March, doesn't know how she'll pay the bills for her family of four now that the additional $600 weekly in federal aid she was receiving has expired.

The Lebanese people are growing angrier with their leaders after this week's explosion in Beirut, with questions being raised about official negligence as a possible cause in the deadly blast.