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French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for the coronavirus and will quarantine for a week, his official residence announced.

President Biden has picked Gary Gensler to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. Gensler made a fortune on Wall Street early in his career, but he has since become a tough market watchdog.

Scientists sent by the World Health Organization are wrapping up a visit to Wuhan, China. They were investigating how the coronavirus began, but it's not clear how much they were able to find.

Natural gas companies face an existential threat as more governments and businesses move to tackle climate change. But a growing number have their own plans to decarbonize, by creating renewable gas.

Federal guidelines say school personnel and child care workers should receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as front-line workers. NPR talks with educators about their opinion of the vaccine.

Standard letters are taking weeks to reach their destination. As confidence in the postal service continues to erode, what it being done to fix the situation?

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout faces another bottleneck: Pfizer and Moderna may be unable to fulfill contractual promises to deliver 100 million doses a piece to the federal government by March 31.

Pope Francis is back at the Vatican after a historic trip to Iraq, the home of a dwindling but determined Christian community.

Taylor Swift's latest music is a rerecorded version of her hit: "Love Story." A new version of the 2008 album it came from is out in April. It's part of a plan for her to take control of early work.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Celine Gounder, who was on Biden's Coronavirus Transition Task Force, about the letter she and others wrote criticizing the CDC's current guidance on the coronavirus.