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At a historic Southern cemetery, a Mexican tradition has found a home.

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China's government is censoring puns and wordplay on-line. NPR's Scott Simon explains why double meanings are a problem for Beijing.

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Enrollment in Affordable Care Act health plans has grown every year of the Biden administration, leading to record low numbers of people who are uninsured.

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Women who have suffered unnecessarily after being denied abortions are talking about it publicly, and to support candidates. Could these stories have a political impact in the upcoming election?

More than 150 years after Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting despite being a woman, Americans take to the polls on the anniversary of her historic ballot casting.

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In a state decided recently by tiny margins, subtle shifts among any demographic can matter. These five groups could be key in determining who wins Georgia — and possibly the presidency.

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Democrat Ruben Gallego says his party has often taken Native American voters for granted. As he competes for an open Senate seat, he has vowed to visit all of Arizona’s federally-recognized tribes.

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As election day nears, the races loom large over the state fair in North Carolina, where voters are expressing both apathy and anxiety over their top issues and the candidates.

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About 10,000 people a week come to visit the White House. But until recently, they got a public tour that hadn’t changed in decades.

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The new nonprofit Broadway Votes is corralling musical theater celebrities to help with the effort both both on stage and online.

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Three jurors who condemned Moore to death, a former state prison director, Moore's trial judge, his son and daughter, and pastors called for the governor to change his sentence to life without parole.

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Intelligence officials says the video, which purported to show a Haitian immigrant claiming he had voted multiple times in Georgie, is the product of a Russian propaganda operation.

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It is hard to estimate how many ballots will be affected by the decision or whether it will ultimately impact the outcome of the presidential election.

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President Biden has issued a number of immigration-related executive actions that mimic those of the Trump administration, and VP Harris has promised she’ll continue restrictive policies.

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The death rate for Marburg virus is nearly 90%. There are no approved vaccines and treatments. So how did Rwanda achieve what one doctor calls an "unprecedented" success in controlling its outbreak?

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There are rules and norms in place in conflicts meant to shield civilians from the worst harms of war. But human rights groups say lately they're being ignored or broken. Our correspondent has been covering two wars in which many of the laws of war are being flouted.

Investigators said warden Andrew Ciolli should have stopped abuse of prisoners. He faced disciplinary action. Now he's the director of a federal center that teaches others how to run prisons.

U.S. employers added just 12,000 jobs last month — but the number was depressed by a machinists' strike at Boeing and Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have both appealed to workers in this year's election. But the candidates’ stances on many issues affecting workers remain far apart.

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The Sudanese city of Omdurman lives in the shadow of war, facing daily shelling and battered medical services. But some people are trying to eke out a return to life, however precarious.

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