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Swiss scientists and a supercomputer recently calculated Pi to trillions of decimal points. It took 108 days to run the calculation.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, about the U.S. offering COVID-19 booster shots. The World Health Organization criticized the decision.

Florida's largest school district became the latest in the state to order masks ahead of the county's 334,000 students returning to their classrooms on Monday.

Ray Charles is best known for recording hit soul and R&B songs. His album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, recorded in the 60s, spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard pop albums chart.

A new study says wildfire smoke has contributed to COVID-19 deaths in California, Oregon and Washington. Toxic particles in smoke increase the risk of lung infections — including COVID-19.

The state will now require all teachers and school staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or get weekly tests. The governor says the move helps to reassure parents.

The biggest banks have decided to pay entry-level analysts more money. Now, someone right out of college can expect to make more than $100,000. But it is unclear if the pay boost will be a panacea.

The woman heard what sounded like a black spitting cobra and local animal experts agreed. A team searched her home for an hour before they found the source: a malfunctioning electric toothbrush.

The CDC urges pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Taliban fighters effectively control two-thirds of Afghanistan. The Census Bureau is about to reveal new details of what America looks like.

Illinois will require news literacy courses at every high school. The hope is that the classes will provide the next generation with tools to maneuver the internet's misinformation minefield.