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The 74th Annual Tony Awards will be presented on Sunday, September 26 more than 15 months after they were previously scheduled. But these pandemic Tonys are by no means business as usual.

Kenneth Kaunda spoke out about HIV when African leaders would not even acknowledge its existence. He sang about it, too, in a 2005 album that made a splash, then vanished. And so a search began.

After 16 years in office, the German chancellor is stepping down. Early results show a razor-thin margin in what is expected to be one of the closest outcomes in years.

The Mexican singer returns to the instrument workshop that started it all, performing a stunning set from her parent's home in Veracruz, Mexico.

Rapper Little Simz talks about her latest album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert.

The disappearance and death of Gabby Petito has received a lot of media coverage. Why is that, when the families of others who have gone missing are begging for attention?

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Saad Omer, director of the Yale Institute of Global Health, about why many developing countries have struggled to vaccinate their populations against COVID-19.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Randy Tobler, CEO of Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri, about Covid cases and staffing shortages at his facility.

As Germans prepare to vote in a general election, the country appears unsure about who would be the best sucessor to Angela Merkel, who is stepping down as chancellor after 16 years in power.

Fire Shut Up in My Bones, based on the Charles M. Blow memoir of the same title, is the first work by a Black composer to be staged by the Metropolitan Opera.

One cookie featuring a rare Pokemon sold for $15,000 online, giving new meaning to the catchphrase, "Gotta catch 'em all."

Moulin Rouge! The Musical took home 10 awards, including the night's biggest: Best musical. The Inheritance won for best play, and A Soldier's Play for best revival.

Dr. Patricia Bath transformed cataract surgery and fought to eradicate preventable blindness. Marian Croak pioneered the technology behind audio- and videoconferencing and text-to-donate services.

Justin Chon's new film Blue Bayou is about a Korean-born, American-raised adoptee who faces deportation back to Korea. Many adoptees without U.S. citizenship face that same problem in real life.

The center-left Social Democrats narrowly defeated outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right Union bloc. The winning party must forge an alliance with its rivals to form a government.

Germany's two largest parties have emerged from Sunday's election in what amounts to a dead heat, according to preliminary results.

Democrats must untangle a potential government shutdown Thursday, a potential federal default, a vote on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill and a related vote on as much as $3.5 trillion in spending.

The westbound train, Empire Builder, was on its way from Chicago to Seattle when it left the tracks Saturday after near Joplin, Mont., killing three people.

The pop star was forced into psychiatric care — and compelled to pay for it. That could happen to anyone during an episode of serious mental illness, adding a financial threat to the health woes.

Monday marks one year of demonstrations against government-backed laws that farmers say will hurt their livelihoods.