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NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Mayita Meléndez, mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, about the recovery efforts in her region after this week's 6.4 magnitude earthquake.

Former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke was sentenced to 6 years and 9 months in prison on Friday for the 2014 murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to mandate carbon emissions from existing power plants.

More than $6 billion in federal funding has been routed through a firm that manages defense contracts, making the agreements subject to less federal scrutiny and transparency.

After the Capitol was cleared of insurrectionists on January 6, there was work to be done — and it wasn't lost on many that cleaning up the mess would fall largely to Black and Brown people.

More calls for justice came Wednesday at a funeral for 28-year-old Irvo Otieno, who died March 6 while in police custody at a psychiatric hospital in Virginia.

At this bustling Nebraska railroad hub, volunteers — mostly women — greeted and fed about 6 million soldiers. And the taste of those home front meals was a comfort to troops on the battlefield.

Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines a "close contact" as spending a total of 15 minutes within 6 feet of an infected person over a 24-hour period.

Fallout from sexual harassment, Comey's firing and the Mueller probe are all in strong positions to be the top political stories of 2017. Will there be an upset Thursday?

President Trump named Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro as the interim top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., to replace Ed Martin.

The 2022 World Cup's Round of 16 took place this past week, with the top half of competing countries now reduced to eight teams.

It's the seventh Australian Open title for the younger Williams sister, and moves her to the top spot in number of major titles in the Open era.

Karen Gibson and her two top assistants make up the first all-female leadership team since the office was established in 1789.

Summer is hot in Rio, but this is hotter than normal. Mercury could top 107 degrees. And the record heat is triggering alerts and safety warnings.

In a public memo, U.S. top military leaders have condemned the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and pledged to protect and defend the Constitution.

It's the third-largest lotto jackpot in U.S. history. The odds of winning the top prize were 1 in 302.5 million.

"Thriller" shoots up the chart, making this the sixth consecutive decade in which Jackson has scored at least one top 10 hit.

Former Disney Channel star Sabrina Carpenter is having quite a summer. Two of her songs are in the top three of Billboard's pop chart.

Dressed to the nines and wearing his signature high-top locs, the British soul singer performs highlights from his timeless catalog.

Hundreds of dogs competed for the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show this week. Penny the Doberman pinscher was named best in show.