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Four members of NPR's Arts Desk recommend books from the hundreds in NPR's 2020 Book Concierge.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Mary Beth Sheridan of The Washington Post about her investigation into tens of thousands of people in Mexico who have disappeared in recent years.

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as his defense secretary. If confirmed, Austin would be the first African American to head the Pentagon.

Automakers hope Americans will be willing to switch to battery-powered vehicles, for their trucks' sakes, as they race to bring the first electric pickup to market.

Data show a surge in virus transmission in some areas. Doctors, local health departments and others in the community talk about what they are seeing, and what are they are worried about.

Hospitals have been hit hard in Rhode Island, which has one of the highest coronavirus rates per capita in the United States. A doctor on the front line describes a night in the emergency department.

An investigation by Bellingcat, an Internet research organization, and other media outlets, revealed that for years, Russian agents secretly followed Alexei Navalny.

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on airlines has been well-documented. The fallout for bus service has been less visible but equally severe.

The Kansas City Star noted it "disenfranchised, ignored and scored generations of Black Kansas Citians" for much of its 140 years of existence.

Groups opposed to abortion rights have celebrated many policy wins during the Trump administration. Now, reproductive rights advocates want the president-elect to reverse those actions.