Steve Inskeep

Record numbers of COVID-19 deaths in Russia are being blamed on low vaccination rates. At the same time in Germany, which has a high vaccination rate, breakthrough infection rates are rising.

Democrats say they are closing in on turning much of President Biden's domestic agenda into law. The Federal Reserve plans to scale back some economic support. COVID-19 cases are rising in Europe.

Voters in Virginia have elected Republican Glenn Youngkin as the next governor after years of Democratic control. The GOP win could signify a hard road to 2022 for Democrats nationwide.

The Supreme Court hears a case that could decide whether people can carry concealed guns into airports, churches, schools, and shopping centers — without a special license.

The Atlanta Braves are again World Series champions. It's been a long wait for the team that last won it all back in 1995.They defeated the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 6 to take the series, 4-2.

The GOP wins the governor's mansion in Virginia. Kids ages 5-11 can now get shots to protect them from COVID-19. The Supreme Court hears the first major gun rights case in more than a decade.

The climate summit continues in Glasgow, Scotland. The Supreme Court heard two challenges to the Texas abortion law. Virginia voters will cast ballots in a tight governor's race.

The Supreme Court heard two challenges to the Texas law that bans most abortions after six weeks. A majority of the justices appeared open to letting abortion providers challenge the law.

President Biden will address the COP26 climate change conference. He will speak about the United States strategy to reach its climate goals, but he doesn't have any commitments in hand.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in two challenges to a Texas law that bans most abortions. Jury selection begins Monday in Kyle Rittenhouse's trial. The U.N. climate summit is underway.

CDC endorses booster doses of Moderna and J&J vaccines. Many people apply to nursing school, but there aren't enough teachers. An interview with the secretary of Department of Veterans Affairs.

The rules follow controversies surrounding trades by the presidents of two regional Fed banks. Critics say the rules don't go far enough.

The FDA authorizes Moderna and J&J COVID-19 vaccine boosters. Attempts by Democrats to shore up protections for voting rights have hit a wall. Russia hosts a delegation from Afghanistan.

Democrats' legislation to alleviate voting restrictions in some states was scaled back in order to get Republican senators on board. But in the end, no GOP lawmakers backed the bill.

Some scientists believe the current surge of COVID-19 has peaked and the pandemic, at least in the U.S., will ease over the winter months. But then what? Will the virus surge back again next year?

Democrats aim to wrap up their to-do list. A Florida school district will pay $25 million to the families of Parkland shooting victims. School board elections are the new political battlefields.

Former President Donald Trump is suing the the National Archives and the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol to try to block the release of documents.

The test appears to be its first submarine-launched ballistic missile in two years. It comes as the U.S. and Asian allies are meeting to discuss how to get North Korea back to the negotiating table.

Chinese American poet Jane Wong's new collection, How Not to Be Afraid of Everything, grapples with fear and anger at her family's silence about what they suffered in China's Great Leap Forward.

What does the law make of a chase that's shown on video, followed by the death of a man? Jury selection has begun in Georgia in the trial of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery.