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In this handout photo issued by 10 Downing Street, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks from 10 Downing Street praising NHS staff in a video message, after he was discharged from the hospital a week after being admitted with persistent coronavirus symptoms.

Boris Johnson Released From London Hospital

The British prime minister, who spent multiple nights in an intensive care unit with COVID-19, thanked the National Health Service for saving his life.

Indiana Historical Society Begins Building A Coronavirus Collection

The Indianapolis-based institution is gathering documents and other items that will one day help tell the story of the coronavirus pandemic. Historians are asking the public to help.

Three potential coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccines are kept in a tray at Novavax labs in Rockville, Maryland on March 20, 2020, one of the labs developing a vaccine for the coronavirus, COVID-19. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

The Race To Develop A Coronavirus Vaccine

How do you quickly develop a safe, effective vaccine in the middle of a historic global pandemic? We ask researchers who are trying to do just that.

An artist's rendering shows the reactor's core is about the size of a paper towel roll and could provide a decade's worth of electricity to future missions.

NASA Tests New Nuclear Reactor For Future Space Travelers

The reactor could keep the lights on during long-duration missions far from Earth.

Passengers pose for a selfie picture inside an Ethiopian Airlines plane that departed from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and flew to Eritrea's capital, Asmara, on Wednesday. It was the first commercial flight between the two African countries in two decades.

Commercial Plane Flies From Ethiopia To Eritrea For First Time In 20 Years

After two decades of deadly conflict, the neighboring countries are rapidly reconciling. Demand was huge for the historic commercial flight, which was marked with champagne and roses.

On Friday, Twitter reported a decrease in the number of monthly users on the site. The company's stock tumbled 20 percent.

Twitter Shares Fall, Ending A Hard Week For Social Media Stocks

Twitter's stock tumbled 20 percent on Friday, despite the company's growing revenue. It mirrored Facebook's sharp drop earlier in the week, as investors worry that social media growth may be ebbing.

President Bill Clinton delivers a speech during Memorial Day ceremonies at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1993.

Opinion: A Lesson From Memorial Day, 1993

NPR's Scott Simon ponders the loss of civility and respect in public discourse.

Edward Norton Shares His Vision For The Music Of 'Motherless Brooklyn'

Songs from Wynton Marsalis, Radiohead's Thom Yorke and a pulpy score from Daniel Pemberton all help set a noir scene for the film's 1950s New York setting.

Instagram's Adam Mosseri speaks onstage at the WIRED25 Summit 2019 in San Francisco. He said some users will no longer see the "like" counter, but it won't impact "the whole U.S. at once."

Instagram Will Test Hiding 'Likes' On Some U.S. Accounts Starting Next Week

"The idea is to try to 'depressurize' Instagram, make it less of a competition," the company's CEO Adam Mosseri announced on Friday.

"China urges the U.S. to correct its mistake and stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs," a government spokesperson says, as China retaliates for U.S. support of pro-democracy demonstrators. Here, an activist holds a flag at a lunchtime protest Monday at Chater Garden in Hong Kong.

China Bars U.S. Military From Hong Kong Ports Over Support For Protesters

In retaliation for U.S. adoption of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, China will also sanction Human Rights Watch and the National Endowment for Democracy.

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