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According to Wall Street Journal reporter Rob Barry, hundreds of justifiable homicides by police have gone uncounted in national statistics maintained by the FBI. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Barry about his report.

Infectious disease specialists say Ebola can't spread through the air, but many Americans remain deeply skeptical. The history of past outbreaks suggests airborne transmission isn't a threat.

President Biden likes to spend his weekends in Delaware, at his Wilmington home or Rehoboth beach house. Almost anywhere but the White House, where he says it's "hard to get comfortable."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Filipe Ribeiro, the Afghanistan representative for Doctors Without Borders, about the escalating violence in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan.

Relatively few people in federal prison have been approved for compassionate release during the pandemic. Lawmakers are trying to make that option a reality for more sick and elderly people.

After William Taylor testified the president leveraged military assistance and a White House meeting in return for political investigations in Ukraine, Republicans largely stuck behind the president.

Last month was the deadliest on record in the Central America country since the end of the civil war in 1992. There are more than 30 murders a day, due to gang violence.

Organizers of Under the Radar regularly search the globe for cutting-edge theater that is urgent and relevant. This year's festival features works from Rwanda, the U.S. and Japan.

With so many acting cabinet secretaries who do not need Senate confirmation many Republican Senators are concerned the Trump administration is weakening their advice and consent Constitutional role.

The meat industry traditionally has been a male-dominated field. But as demand for local meat grows, that's made more room for women to carve out ownership roles in the business.

Skateboarding is one of four new sports added to the Olympics this year. For skateboarders who have long loved their rebel status, performing in the mainstream Olympics is just a bit different.

"I always had this dream: Gee, someday I would like to become a physicist," said Manfred Steiner. But after World War II, he followed his family's advice to become a doctor.

Congressional Republicans have rapidly shifted their rhetoric and policy priorities in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. Some of them say that the Floyd video was a transformational moment.

Aqueducts once crucial to Rome's survival became trash dumps in more recent history. In one part of the ancient city, a couple of septuagenarians decided to do something about the dilapidated system.

More lockdowns are in the offing, as Germany and Austria shatter daily case counts and Russia has become become the world leader in new COVID-19 deaths.

There was enough working against Democrats inside and outside of New Jersey for the powerful state Senate president to lose his seat to a truck driver with no political experience.

Three inmates died in Mississippi state prisons this week, leading the governor to announce operational changes. On Friday, activists are rallying at the state capitol to demand prison reform.

Fatalities have been reported after an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. 'Everyone just fled," says one concertgoer. "People were just running all over the place."

Ahead of the holidays, coronavirus cases are down, but the U.S. remains stuck in a cycle of regional outbreaks, even in heavily vaccinated northern states. Can boosters and kids vaccines make a dent?

President Trump pardoned turkeys on Tuesday, making his first public comments since acknowledging that the transition is going ahead. Meanwhile, President-elect Joe Biden unveiled his cabinet picks.