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Nearly 6,000 original stories were submitted to this round of Three-Minute Fiction. We're on the quest to select just one winner. Until then, we'll be reading a few of the stories that catch our eyes. To see these stories and others go to npr.org/threeminutefiction.

The argument over the vice president's role in counting electoral votes fueled the Jan. 6 protests, thanks to ambiguity in the Electoral Count Act. A push to clarify the law is gaining traction.

Tourists hoping to get close to the Trevi Fountain had to pay 2 euros starting Monday as the city of Rome inaugurated a new fee structure to help raise money and control crowds.

Yahoo is rejecting an unsolicited $44.6 billion offer from Microsoft. But it remains to be seen whether Yahoo shareholders will support a management decision to snub the software giant's bid.

Yahoo Inc. has rebuffed an unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover offer from Microsoft Corp., an offer Yahoo said "substantially undervalues" the company. Microsoft is now expected to sweeten its bid, which valued Yahoo stock at $31 a share.

This week, the Johnson County board of county commissioners is set to discuss whether to end a countywide public health order that requires masking in all schools serving up to and including 6th grade.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion, ruled that New York's restrictions on the concealed carry of firearms in public violates the Second Amendment.

Case in point: India, which reported 481,000 COVID-19 deaths in 2020 and 2021. The World Health Organization found 4.74 million deaths there either directly or indirectly attributable to the pandemic.

The governor of Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake left at least one person dead, damaged buildings and knocked out most of the island's power supply.

A new U.S. government report shows that domestic terrorism investigations and arrests reached new heights in 2021, but it shows a complicated landscape when it comes to threats against the country.