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The variant has spread through South Africa with remarkable speed — and been detected in at least 60 other countries. Specialists are trying to figure out the next stage for this unwelcome variant.

A recap of the 3rd hearing by the House Jan. 6 panel. There's a bit of good news coming out of research into long COVID. Americans support student loan forgiveness, but would rather rein in costs.

The murder of the 14-year-old black boy and subsequent trial before an all-white jury was an early landmark in the civil rights movement.

Hundreds of people applauded as Greenwood, Miss., unveiled a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, not far from where white men kidnapped and killed the Black teen in 1955.

On today's show: Dr. Jeremy Cauwels talks COVID, Mel Schopp & Deb Soholt join us with some Monday inspiration, and SDPB's Karl Gehrke previews a Holiday special.

Ramtin Arablouei is co-host and co-producer of NPR's podcast Throughline, a show that explores history through creative, immersive storytelling designed to reintroduce history to new audiences.

For 15 years he was a cast member of Saturday Night Live, creating such well-loved characters as Stuart Smalley (author of I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!). His bestselling satire, Why Not Me: The Inside Story of the Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency is now in paperback (Delta). Hes also coordinating producer of this Sundays SNL Presidential Bash 2000.

An upcoming British television special attempts to recreate alleged techniques used at the American prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In The Guantanamo Guidebook, former American Delta Force interrogators subjected seven volunteers to sleep deprivation, sexual humiliation and intense questioning over the course of 60 hours. NPR's Madeleine Brand talks with Chris Guelff, who volunteered for the show.

Without money from the Delta Air Lines Foundation, Atlanta's Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park would have been closed for the King holiday, a National Park Service spokesman told NPR.

Delta, United, Southwest, American and Alaska Airlines and other say masks are now optional for travelers on their aircraft.