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With mask mandates gone in most places, mask-wearing is up to individual choice. And some people aren't ready to let go.

Some people aren't ready to stop masking, but it can be tough to go against the grain

Not everyone feels safe shedding COVID precautions. But it can be awkward being the only masked person in a room. Here's how to cope with the uncertainty of risk right now — and the peer pressure.

Harassed On Twitter: 'People Need To Know The Reality Of What It's Like Out There'

After he criticized Trump and the alt right, National Review writer David French was bombarded with hateful tweets — including an image of his child in a gas chamber. "It was unbelievable," he says.

Charleston resident Tia Clark teaches tourists the coastal South Carolina tradition of catching blue crabs. She and her wife say the Equality Act would make it easier for them to adopt a child.

Equality Act Would Extend Civil Rights Laws To LGBTQ People Throughout U.S.

South Carolina is one of about two dozen states that have few or no statewide LGBTQ protections. The federal Equality Act would change that, but some in the state say the bill goes too far.

Viewing Earth from Outer Space (with Mark Brown)

Dean chats with Mark Brown a former Air Force pilot astronaut and now an aerospace consultant to companies going above and beyond.Send us your thoughts at lookingup@wvxu.org or post them on social media using #lookinguppodcastFind Us Online: Twitter: @lookinguppod @deanregas, Instagram: @917wvxu @deanregas, Tiktok: @cincinnatipublicradio @astronomerdean, Episode transcript: www.wvxu.org/podcast/looking-up, More from Dean: www.astrodean.com

How One Man Easily Tricked High-Profile People Online Using False Identities

James Linton tricked many high-profile people into having conversations with him over email by using other people's identities. NPR's Elise Hu speaks with Linton about how relatively easy it was and why he has decided to retire.

The coffin carrying the body of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu arrives on Friday at the St. George's Cathedral, where he will lie in state for a second day in Cape Town, South Africa.

South Africans line up to pay their last respects to Desmond Tutu

South Africans from all corners of retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu's "rainbow nation" filed past his pine casket in Cape Town. The viewing line at St. George's Cathedral stretched for nearly a mile.

Researchers estimate 15 million people will lose their Medicaid starting April 1 when states begin removing people from the low-income health insurance program for the first time in three years.

15 million people could lose Medicaid in the next year. Here's what you need to know

Starting April 1, states could begin removing people from the low-income health insurance program for the first time in three years.

The Philippines vaccinated more than 7.5 million people against COVID in 3 days

More than 7.5 million Filipinos got COVID vaccines in just three days this week — an impressive milestone in the country's battle against the pandemic.

By 2100, the world's population will be near 11 billion. That's the equivalent of adding a whole New York City to the world every month for 40 years. (Seth Wenig/AP)

By the year 2100 earth will have 3 billion more people. How will we house them?

By the year 2100, less than 70 years from now, the world's population will be about 11 billion. For comparison, that's the equivalent of adding a whole New York City to the world every month for 40 years.

The U.S. delays extending political safe haven status to people from Hong Kong

The U.S. has offered Hong Kong residents safe haven for up to 18 months. But now that time is up — leaving thousands in immigration limbo.

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