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Governors and mayors in some regions with rising COVID-19 counts have made masks mandatory in public places. But sometimes their own police refuse to enforce the mask rules.

The U.S. Marshals Service says Blane Barksdale, 56, and wife Susan, 59, "overpowered and kidnapped" three people, including two security guards, on Aug. 26 during extradition from New York to Arizona.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell about how colleges are using technology to keep track of students.

The long-serving monarch named his successor, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, who was sworn in as sultan Saturday. Under Qaboos, the tiny Middle Eastern state took on an outsize role in regional diplomacy.

You may have heard the news that astronomers found a planet four light years away from Earth. But did you really hear the news? It could be home to billions in the deep future, says Adam Frank.

The Republican congressman has voted to impose tighter restrictions on abortion access. He reportedly asked a woman with whom he had an affair to get an abortion.

Indiana is one of about two dozen GOP-led states that ended federal unemployment benefits to push workers toward unfilled jobs. It's the first to be ordered by a court to keep paying the benefits.

Ian Rogers and Jarrod Copeland are facing several federal charges. Prosecutors say that at one point, Rogers told Copeland: "I want to blow up a democrat building bad."

More than a dozen former Colombian soldiers are detained in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Some officials and analysts say the Colombians are being used as scapegoats.

Police departments say they're looking for signs of political extremism in their ranks following the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters.