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The House Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday heard from state and local officials who say they were pressured by President Trump and his allies to help overturn the 2020 election results.

In many places, the 6-foot guidance was interpreted as requiring schools to operate on part-time schedules in order to reduce class sizes. A 3-foot rule would allow many more schools to reopen fully.

A new grant is helping Olympians and Paralympians pay for child care while they compete in Tokyo. The $200,000 child-care grant is from the Women's Sports Foundation and clothing maker Athleta.

There are more teachers now than before the pandemic, so why did almost half of U.S. schools still have teacher vacancies weeks into this school year? Here's what to know.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Richard Painter, a George W. Bush White House ethics lawyer, about ex-President Trump's use of lies about the 2020 election outcome to raise $250 million from supporters.

Six former Mississippi Sheriff officers — some of whom called themselves "The Goon Squad" — plead guilty to state charges for the torture of two Black men.

Six months of war in Gaza have sent shock waves through the Arab world. Public anger is growing in Jordan and Lebanon, two countries that have peace treaties with Israel.

The United Nations today sent its top humanitarian official, John Holmes, to Sri Lanka to push for more protection for civilians trapped in the island's war zone. The UN estimates nearly 6,500 civilians have been killed there in the last three months. The conventional war now appears to be in its final stages. But does that mean the island's civil conflict is finally at an end? NPR's South Asia Correspondent Philip Reeves reports.

Despite prosecutors listing six of his alleged co-conspirators, Donald Trump will be standing alone in Washington, D.C.'s federal courthouse in his first court appearance since being indicted Tuesday.

The new NPR podcast debuts Friday. It tells the story of Sergeant Josh Abate, who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 along with two of his fellow Marines.