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A physician from Nigeria and a scientist from Kenya propose ideas for the United Nations to consider — issues important in Africa and other regions that are often neglected by global bodies.

“Politics is important. It’s very important. It can make or undo a community.”

Thousands of nurses at two New York hospitals are on strike for a third day. Their staffing shortages and other problems predate the pandemic, says the president of the American Nurses Association.

The county detention center has become overcrowded, with some juveniles locked up for months in a facility that’s not meant to house people long-term. It's also facing a staffing crisis.

Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, a fierce critic of cartels and corruption, was shot this week. "There is no precedent for this in our country's recent history," one analyst says.

NPR talked to hundreds of people over the course of the pandemic. As the emergency declaration ends on May 11, we asked some of them for their reflections on the past three tumultuous years.

Recent outages affected hundreds of thousands of Michiganders. One Washtenaw County commissioner says utility companies have too much influence over state politicians.

Opposition leaders have yet to agree on who should replace its current leaders, while protesters who are angry over acute shortages of fuel, food, medicine and other necessities vow to stay put.

The World Clown Association is bringing together all types of clowns for its 40th annual convention.

The discovery of the ship on an Alabama river bottom has fostered a renewed hope for descendants of the Clotilda's captives, and the community they founded called Africatown.