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The events of 2020, however significant, had an effect on everyone. NPR's Morning Edition wanted to know what helped get people through the tough times.

In less than two months, the country doubled its total number of infections, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The CDC urged people to find an alternative option for celebrating the holiday — with an aim to avoid large crowds and indoor gatherings.

Will a woman's constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy soon be a thing of the past?

Leaders of the federal effort Operation Warp Speed said the U.S. has deployed around 14 million vaccine doses as of Wednesday with just 2.1 million Americans vaccinated.

Safety is the primary reason why the status of the fist bump elevated big-time this year. The handshake was simply a causality of the coronavirus.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the infection found in Southern California during an online conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci.

The Census Bureau plans to deliver a population count of each state in early 2021, as close to the missed deadline as possible.

The only woman in history to serve as speaker, the California Democrat has a reputation as a formidable vote-counter and wily deal-cutter.

From New York's Times Square to Sydney Harbor, big public blowouts are being turned into TV-only shows and digital events.

Misinformation about the election and the coronavirus is also gaining a foothold in American society, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll.

More than a year before the explosion that rocked Nashville last week, Anthony Warner's girlfriend told police that he "was building bombs in the RV trailer at his residence."

Louisville police took steps that could result in the firing of officers connected to Breonna Taylor's death, the one who sought the search warrant and one who opened fire.

The department announced that it found insufficient evidence to "support federal criminal charges" against Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback.

The coronavirus variant was found in a man in his 20s who is in isolation southeast of Denver and has no travel history, state health officials said.