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When campuses reopen for the fall semester, there will be a lot of rules such as: no travel, masking and social distancing. Leaders will be relying on social contracts. But will it work?

The rainbow battle for the crosswalk on Orange Avenue and Esther Street continued Friday with new signs placed on the road stating that "defacing" the crosswalk is prohibited.

Margaret Payne told The Associated Press she climbed a flight of stairs every day for a total of 282 times. That's equal to summiting Scotland's Suilven mountain — a height of nearly 2,400 feet.

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security official confirmed in an email Friday that the agency is "complying with (the judge's) order and moving detainees to other facilities."

After a decade of failure in treating Alzheimer's with drugs, the National Institutes of Health is funding a five-year effort in Seattle to learn more about how the disease starts in the brain.

NPR's David Greene talks to Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show, about Irresistible, which stars Steve Carell and Rose Byrne. Stewart wrote and directed the comedy set in the world of politics.

August — her friends call her Augie — is a 20-year-old golden retriever, and the birthday makes her the oldest of her breed on record. A Tennessee couple adopted Augie when she was 14.

Nations that are heavily dependent on tourism are trying to walk a fine line between the need to reopen their beaches and resorts and the risk of importing more cases of the coronavirus.

As part of a 21-day series of walking meditations to honor black women freedom fighters, GirlTrek founders are tackling issues such as the coronavirus pandemic, voter suppression and police violence.

Scott Simon remembers former longtime NPR colleague Ted Clark, who passed away last week at the age of 79.

When President Trump announced his crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C., the local U.S. attorney said she wanted to focus on juveniles. But experts say harsher punishments don't deter criminals.

The Trump administration would like to impose time limits on how long people can get federal rental subsidies, NPR has learned. A handful of places already do it. NPR visited one to see how it works.

The Red Cross says Israeli forces killed 27 people attempting to get aid in Gaza on Tuesday. An Israeli American advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that account is "not accurate."

The number of people in ICE detention has grown, and detention facilities are over capacity. So the government is intensifying its hunt for more space, and local police are playing a bigger role.

The Stanley Cup Finals start Wednesday with a rematch of the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers. NPR talks with Sean Gentille, senior writer with "The Athletic," about the series.

A very public rift between President Trump and his onetime adviser Elon Musk captivated social media. But it's unclear what sort of long term changes it may bring.

The memo obtained by NPR says troops would be used in activities, including in "night operations and rural interdiction," as well as "guard duty and riot control" inside detention facilities.

Children from Gaza with cancer are finally making it into Jordan for long promised treatment. But a plan to allow as many as 2,000 patients out of the war-torn enclave has slowed.

Hundreds of acres in Michigan are covered in parallel rows of earth that are the remains of an ancient Native American agricultural system. The surprise find has archaeologists amazed.

Children from Gaza with cancer are finally making it to Jordan for long-promised treatment. But a plan to allow as many as 2,000 patients out of the war-torn enclave has slowed.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with John Seabrook about his book The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty, which tells the story of his family's frozen vegetable empire.

The hallmarks of Russian-back influence are consistent: trying to erode support for Ukraine, discrediting democratic institutions and seizing on existing political divides.

To attract workers, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, a joint venture in northern Alabama, decided to offer a child care benefit. The company pays 30% of its employees child care costs, up to $250 a month.

Child care has long been seen as a problem for mothers to solve. Now employers see it's their issue too. In Alabama, a carmaker is working with a tech company to help employees find and pay for care.

The government program called Supplemental Security Income has lots of outdated rules that harm the people it's supposed to help, like people with significant disabilities and their caregivers.