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Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., has led GOP lawmakers in crafting a plan on law enforcement following the movement sparked by the death of George Floyd and others at the hands of police. Read the full text.

Led by Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Republicans unveil their legislative response to the national outcry for an overhaul of police practices. Democrats argue the plan does not go far enough.

The administration wants to channel more funds through the State Department in an effort to target emerging diseases. Critics say that could have dire impacts on the children of the world.

The field of bioarchaeology look to skeletons that are thousands of years old for insights into the nature of long ago societies.

The Justice Department's proposed legislation follows a May executive order by President Trump to limit protections for social media after Twitter began adding fact checks to some of his tweets.

Montana has one of the country's lowest coronavirus infection rates, and is reopening to tourists. But the Blackfeet Nation, whose reservation borders Glacier National Park, is moving more cautiously.

A Georgia county prosecutor has charged a white Atlanta police officer who shot a 27-year-old black man in the back last week in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said that while the spread of the coronavirus is still a major threat during the summer months, that period of time does not pose the added threat of the flu season.

Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm warns that the threat from the pandemic is ongoing. "We will all know somebody — we will all love somebody — who will die from this disease," he says.

NPR surveyed all 50 states to find out how many people they have doing contact tracing — one of the essential tools for keeping outbreaks from flaring up. Look up your state to see how it's doing.