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Several countries made progress in disease elimination this year

This year, six countries have managed to eliminate the threat of at least one of the diseases on the WHO's list of "neglected tropical diseases."

It was great while it lasted: Dead and Company has concluded final tour in California

The Grateful Dead's offshoot band, Dead and Company, concluded its final tour in California on Sunday. For fans and vendors who have been following the bands for decades, it's the end of an era.

Sepp Kuss, overall leader of La Vuelta cycling race in Spain, has found his most persistent challengers to be his own teammates. He's seen here after Friday's stage.

U.S. cyclist Sepp Kuss has won Spain's La Vuelta. His biggest rivals? His team

American Sepp Kuss has won La Vuelta, a cycling jewel, after getting help from two teammates who have won six Grand Tour titles between them.

An electric bus fire over the weekend has led the state Department of Transportation to temporarily halt the use of its entire electric bus fleet, officials said Wednesday. The fire broke out on a bus at a CTtransit bus depot in Hamden Saturday morning. Officials said the bus was not in service the morning of the accident. In a statement, the Hamden Fire Department said Saturday that two CTtransit workers were transported to the hospital as a precaution for smoke exposure, and one firefighter was sent to the hospital for heat exhaustion. As a result of the fire, the state’s fleet of 12 battery electric buses has been removed from service until a full investigation is completed, a spokesperson for CTtransit said Wednesday. The agency estimated the price tag of the bus that caught fire was roughly $900,000. CTtransit said the cause of the fire remains under investigation. The Hamden Fire Department said lithium ion battery fires are difficult to extinguish because the batteries produce lots of heat and can constantly reignite. The 12 electric buses account for about 1% of CTtransit’s bus fleet.

Fire causes CTtransit to suspend use of electric bus fleet

The fire broke out on a bus at a CTtransit bus depot in Hamden Saturday morning. Officials said the bus was not in service the morning of the accident.

Shoppers buy face masks on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland, on Tuesday. Ireland's government is putting the country at its highest level of coronavirus restrictions for six weeks in a bid to combat a rise in infections.

Ireland To Impose 6-Week National Lockdown, Estimates 150,000 Job Losses

Under the lockdown, nonessential retail businesses will be closed, and restaurants and bars will be takeout only. Residents are to stay within about a 3-mile radius of their homes.

What U.S. Capitol security looks like a year after the Jan. 6 insurrection

A year after the Jan. 6 riot, a new team of Capitol security leaders are in place, and congressional probes are investigating what went wrong that day. The partisan divide in Congress has intensified.

Bridge collapse in Baltimore draws attention to dangerous jobs Hispanic workers face

NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Gustavo Torres, executive director of CASA, a Latino and immigrant organization, about the construction workers who were on the bridge when it collapsed Tuesday.

McKinsey & Company management consulting firm operates in more than 60 countries.

How McKinsey cashed in by consulting for both companies and their regulators

When McKinsey Comes to Town authors Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe say the consulting firm helped companies boost tobacco and opioid sales — while at the same time working for the FDA.

ICC prosecutors have charged Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, with 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Survivors react to the first-ever trial for war crimes in Darfur

Ali Kushayb has pleaded not guilty to 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection to atrocities committed in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Week in politics: Russia sends troops to Kazakhstan; jobs up; Jan. 6 anniversary

The unrest in Kazakhstan presents a fresh dilemma for President Biden. Also, what last month's low job creation numbers mean, and how Democrats are using the Jan. 6 riot to their advantage.

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