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In the far northern region of snow-capped peaks, glaciers, rivers and orchards, domestic visitors are earning a bad reputation.

Plus: Can the virus make me sick many years later, like the chickenpox virus does?

What do you do if your polling place runs out of those coveted polling souvenirs? Print your own.

After the only abortion clinic in Montgomery, Ala., shut down, a next-door organization has been threading a legal needle to give reproductive health care to those coming from hundreds of miles away.

South Africa has registered over 1.5 million cases of COVID-19 — one of the worst-affected countries in the world. Cases are now down, restrictions have eased and South Africans are looking forward.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. Chris Jacobs of western New York. Jacobs decided not to seek another term in Congress after his support for gun control drew the ire of GOP colleagues.

Shah was also ordered to pay more than $6 million in restitution.

We also have stories on the need for female rock critics and on the Soul Patrol, a group of police officers in Boston who patrolled areas like Roxbury in the 1970s.

The Bucs needed a win or tie by New Orleans at Atlanta to win the NFC South. Instead, the Falcons' 19-17 victory means the Panthers are the division champs, eliminating Tampa Bay after a late-season collapse.

Faster processors, better graphics -- and a cooler design -- are on display at the 2006 E3 (Electronics Entertainment Expo) in Los Angeles, where Sony, Nintendo and other video game makers try to impress attendees. Among the hits so far: a Playstation 3 demo and Nintendo's Wii.

To open or not to open? That’s the big question as the new school year comes around –right in the midst of a spike in the number of coronavirus cases in…

Not everyone feels safe shedding COVID precautions. But it can be awkward being the only masked person in a room. Here's how to cope with the uncertainty of risk right now — and the peer pressure.

The IMF says that price of gasoline in the U.S. covers the cost of producing and distribution gasoline but it doesn't reflect the costs that gasoline consumption imposes on society — in the form of traffic, congestion, pollution and global warming. Linda Wertheimer talks to David Wessel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, about a new IMF report on energy subsidies.

An article in Smithsonian magazine examines how artists were enlisted to sculpt new faces for soldiers disfigured in World War I.

President Trump says he doesn't want Somali immigrants in the U.S., saying residents of the war-ravaged eastern African country are too reliant on U.S. social safety net and add little to the U.S.

The price of cars is climbing fast. So is the price of gasoline. The Labor Department may also offer its own version of sticker shock when it reports on the rise in consumer prices Thursday.

Debris streaking across the Caribbean appeared to cause confusion and delays.

Guinness World Records lists Ye Olde Fighting Cocks as Britain's oldest pub. It's closing because of financial issues brought on by the pandemic. Owners say the pub could reopen under new management.

Community leaders talked about putting an end to school violence at a town hall in Tampa's Seminole Heights neighborhood Thursday night. The Tampa Bay…

Even without a pandemic, food insecurity is a real issue. In a recent survey, 20% of active-duty respondents said they've experience food insecurity and 10% experienced hunger.

During its four-year run on NPR, This I Believe engaged listeners in a discussion of the core beliefs that guide their daily lives. We heard from people of all walks of life — the very young and the very old, the famous and the previously unknown.

In Manatee County, Hurricane Ian spared residents in that part of Florida from severe devastation. The storm did knock out power to scores of people and the wind knocked down trees

Think of the best songs of 2021 as a playlist catering to the most basic human urges. Within it, booties were called, muffins were buttered and bloody revenge was contemplated. It was quite a year.

Lauren Greenfield's 500-page photo collection shows toddlers in designer clothes and magnums of champagne. But it's also about how ostentatious displays of wealth have replaced real social mobility.

The Hillsborough School District's hiring fair this week and other efforts aim to fill close to 800 instructional jobs and more than 150 bus driving positions.