No signal: Internet ‘dead zones’ cut rural students off from virtual classes.

Shekinah and Orlandria Lennon were sitting at their kitchen table this fall, taking online classes, when video of their teachers and fellow students suddenly froze on their laptop screens. The wireless antenna on the roof had stopped working, and it couldn’t be fixed.


A New Museum to Bring the Benin Bronzes Home

The architect David Adjaye discusses his plans for an institution to house the looted treasures on their to return to Nigeria.


Polling Problems

And what else you need to know today.


In New Zealand, some find a solution to pandemic hunger in fish heads.

Leo Mulipola found a lifeline in a load of fish heads.


Thieves Grab Nazi Memorabilia in Museum Heists, Puzzling Police

Rare uniforms and other items have been stolen in a spate of robberies at war museums in Denmark and the Netherlands.


News Quiz: President-Elect Joe Biden, Vaccines, Alex Trebek

Did you follow the headlines this week?


Reconsidering Melbourne’s Public Housing Lockdown

Why the harshest example of an already-harsh lockdown had left many with a lingering sense of discrimination.


Pfizer Vaccine, Brexit, U.S. Presidential Transition: Your Friday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know.


Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

Looking at the worst-hit places in the U.S.


At Least 74 Drown in Wreck Off Libya, U.N. Agency Says

A rubber raft crowded with at least 120 migrants sank in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday. The craft was on a notoriously dangerous route for refugees trying to reach European shores.