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The nationwide increase in pet adoptions during the pandemic is good news for orphaned animals. It's also good for humans. Research shows pets can improve both physical and mental health.

A Massachusetts man drove over some potholes and was left with four flat tires and a $600 repair bill. He filled the holes with soil and small Christmas trees. The city fixed the potholes.

China passed a resolution enabling Beijing to disqualify opposition politicians in Hong Kong. Four opposition members of the city's legislature were immediately expelled as a result.

With many GOP lawmakers not acknowledging the outcome of last week's election, NPR's David Greene talks to former Rep. Tom Coleman of Missouri about his call to do so for the good of the country.

Joe Biden is taking steps to form a government. He says he's confident his transition to the White House will move forward, despite President Trump's refusal to accept the outcome of the election.

The mass resignations are protesting the expulsion of four fellow opposition legislators that Beijing deems secessionist, after China granted local authorities new powers to remove politicians.

The Missouri House on Tuesday passed a $1.2 billion supplemental budget with a vote of 133-4. Most of the money is federal coronavirus relief funds.

The hand recount, which will likely be both less accurate than a machine recount and more costly, must be completed by Friday, Nov. 20.

Harold McGee talks about how our sense of smell affects taste, why things smell the way they do and the ways different chemicals combine to create surprising (and sometimes distasteful) odors.

A single injection of a drug called cabotegravir given every two months has been shown to be more effective than a daily oral dose of Truvada.