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During the COVID-19 crisis, almost 7 million Americans have started new businesses. Though an all time record, it's not unusual for such conditions to make people hungry to start their own thing.

More than 10,000 workers for John Deere, one of the nation's largest makers of farm and construction equipment, are on strike as the the company is seeing record profits, and U.S. unions flex power.

The Tampa Bay History Center is marking a half century of desegregation in Hillsborough County schools with a panel discussion this week.

The state plan conflicts with a rule issued this month by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that requires health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called for the preservation of democracy during his visit to Africa amid worsening crises in Ethiopia and Sudan.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Virginia Tech professor Linsey Marr on the nature of airborne virus transmission and what behaviors we should be wary of this quarantine summer.

All the members of the Toronto-based ASD Band are on the Autism Spectrum. This month, they've been dropping new covers of songs each week in celebration of Canada's Autism Awareness Month.

Hundreds of musicians turned out to play an orchestral number across from Britain's parliament in a protest of the pandemic-related drop in government financial aid to freelancers like themselves.

The Justice Department has reached an $88 million settlement with the victims of the racist church massacre in Charleston S.C. over the flawed background check which allowed the shooter to buy a gun.

The race for governor in New Jersey between incumbent Phil Murphy, a Democrat, and Republican Jack Ciattarelli is neck-and-neck despite pre-election polls predicting a double-digit lead for Murphy.

Two-thirds of Americans say President Trump has increased racial tensions after the death of George Floyd, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

Many major retailers and fast-food chains have announced they will be closed. A few, however, will stay open for customers.

For the second year, the Christmas eve celebration in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem was muted by the pandemic precautions.

Nevada had not been doing vaccine outreach to rural Latinos until recently. Now, state health officials are ramping up efforts to administer shots and counter misinformation.

The Pentagon has updated its policies on extremism in the military by service members. The long-awaited report was ordered in the weeks following the January attack on the U.S. Capitol.

People who test positive need to isolate themselves for 5 days if they don't show symptoms. The change reflects "what we know about the spread of the virus" and vaccine protection, the CDC chief says.

Guizhou Province is one of the country's poorest. But it has some unique advantages, which it is trying to use to transform itself into a big data hub. This report first aired on ATC on July 3, 2017.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to reporter Elizabeth Kulas in Melbourne about tennis star Novak Djokovic's fight to play in the Australian Open.

The current St. Francois County seal, designed in 2018 by a county commissioner who says he is "not artistically inclined," was upvoted thousands of times on Reddit's "CrappyDesign" forum.

One decision by the high court upholds a mandate for 10 million health care employees. The other decision blocks the rule meant for 84 million workers at companies.

Burners can attend an art class, DJ dance party — or even join a virtual group hug — via webcam or virtual reality. In place of statue burning, the event will end with backyard fires and candles.

South Carolina Congressman Tom Rice, one of the Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, now faces a slew of primary challengers.

Based on Lee Child's best-selling novel, this eight-part series by Amazon Prime Video features Alan Ritchson as an ex-military policeman on the hunt for a murderer in small-town Georgia.

Juana Summers speaks with Nick Dornak, wildlife biologist and program coordinator of the Central Texas Feral Hog Task Force, about efforts to cull millions of troublesome wild hogs there.

Haven't found your soul mate yet? You might be searching for all the wrong things. One psychologist argues that you don't need to lower your standards — just shift your priorities.