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Gov. Charlie Baker at The New England Center for Children in July. With coronavirus cases continuing to climb across the state, Baker has reimplemented restrictions. Some businesses will close and others will operate at reduced capacity.

Massachusetts Reimposes Coronavirus Restrictions

Gov. Charlie Baker is turning back to sweeping measures as cases and deaths rise. Fewer people are allowed at restaurant tables and service is limited to 90 minutes. Indoor performances are banned.

2020 Book Concierge: Ailsa Chang Picks 'Everything Sad Is Untrue' By Daniel Nayeri

To celebrate the launch of NPR's 2020 Book Concierge, each All Things Considered host will share a favorite book. Ailsa Chang's is Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri.

Biden Pledges To Conserve Nearly A Third Of U.S. Land And Water By 2030

President-elect Joe Biden wants to conserve 30% of U.S. land and water by 2030. It's part of a global push to avoid the worst effects of climate change and the decline of the natural world.

Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, at the Capitol in 2018.

Biden Plans To Tap Rep. Marcia Fudge As Housing Secretary, Tom Vilsack For USDA

The two departments have a key role in supporting American households. HUD has responsibility for affordable housing, while USDA oversees food assistance programs.

Elez Biberaj was acting director of Voice of America until Tuesday, when he accepted a demotion rather than retire.

VOA Director Forced Aside In Drive To Embed Trump Loyalists Before Biden Era

U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack removed Acting Voice of America Director Elez Biberaj, part of a broad effort to install Trump supporters before the Biden administration comes to power.

Biden Holds A Meeting With Members Of Historic Civil Rights Organizations

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, about Tuesday's meeting between the NAACP and President-elect Joe Biden.

Hayley Williams: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

From the moment we pan out of a literal tiny desk diorama, a jolt of energy leaps from Paramore's Hayley Williams. Her home band includes Julien Baker and Becca Mancari.

Health regulators in the U.K. warned people with severe allergies not to get the new coronavirus vaccine after two medical staffers came down with severe reactions.

U.K. Regulators Tell People With Severe Allergies Not To Get Vaccine

Two National Health Service workers with long histories of severe allergies received the Pfizer, BioNTech coronavirus vaccine Tuesday. Both are now recovering after bad reactions to the dose.

As U.S. Looks Forward To COVID-19 Vaccines, Hospitals Are Inundated

Hospitals are overwhelmed in several Sunbelt states, with New Mexico's governor threatening to move to "crisis standards." Care has stabilized in the Midwest which saw an earlier surge.

In this image taken June 16, 2020, and released by the North American Aerospace Defense Command, a Russian Tu-95 bomber (top) is intercepted by a U.S. F-22 Raptor fighter off the coast of Alaska. Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers have flown near Alaska on a mission demonstrating the military's long-range strike capability.

Arms Control: When Biden Takes Office, Clock Will Be Ticking To Save New START Treaty

When President-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office, he'll have 16 days to work with Russian President Vladimir Putin to save the last arms control treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals.

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