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Epic. Intense. Pressure-packed. Match of the tournament. The U.S. got the scoring started early, and the game lived up to the hype.

The district attorney overseeing the Alabama case called the incident a tragedy and said she is deliberating whether to move forward with prosecution, reduce the charge or drop it altogether.

In an NPR interview, a young Sen. Joe Biden was asked about whether he would support a constitutional amendment to limit court-ordered busing “if it can’t be done through a piece of legislation.”

For years, city workers removed the rims each evening from some Toronto parks in response to noise complaints from neighbors. Then a video made the basketball-mad city change its mind.

“We were contacted by people all over the country who said, ‘We’d like to collect glasses for you, how do we become a collection center?’ ” says Mike Simmons, president of Astronomers Without Borders.

At the Rainbow PUSH Coalition conference in Chicago, the former vice president said he “never opposed voluntary busing” — though he did oppose mandatory busing policy.

The former president says President Trump “was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf.”

Health inequities are getting worse, according to new research. Factors like income, race and gender are playing a larger role in health outcomes than they did 25 years ago.

From measles to yellow fever to just plain heat, there are lots of risks for tourists. Here’s how to take stock of your vacation destination.

“This is a constitutional challenge” to Georgia’s law, the plaintiffs say in the lawsuit, in which they call the abortion restrictions “an affront to the dignity and health of Georgians.”

Nicolás Maduro Guerra is a member of the pro-government National Constituent Assembly. It’s the administration’s latest effort to unseat the country’s government.

Artificial intelligence becomes hard to ignore when it starts taking over tasks that used to require human judgment — such as winnowing job applications or prioritizing stories in a news feed.

Along the lakes of Malawi and Kenya, men catch fish and women sell the fish. But there’s a controversial practice that’s part of the business.

Forty-three people died when a section of the Morandi bridge collapsed last August. Since then, the bridge that was once an icon of the Italian city has served mainly as a reminder of the tragedy.

A nonprofit hospital network in Memphis has taken its own workers to court over unpaid medical bills. Some of them earn as little as $12.25 an hour but still see their wages garnished.

One in five Americans have some experience with mental illness every year — and these three new memoirs dig into that experience, whether it’s the author’s own illness or that of a loved one.

The Stonewall Inn is a sacred place for many in the LGBTQ community. Fifty years ago, a raid and series of riots outside the New York City bar helped launch a civil rights movement.

President Trump highlighted the positive during a series of meetings at the G-20 summit in Japan. Setting aside complaints about unfair trade, the president cheered stronger ties with U.S. allies.

Former Vice President Joe Biden defended his record on civil rights after Sen. Kamala Harris attacked his opposition to federal intervention to integrate public schools.

Here’s what you need to know about the second half of the first debate of the 2020 election cycle, including Sen. Kamala Harris’ exchange with former Vice President Joe Biden.

Advocates described desperate and squalid scenes in detention facilities. Days later, reporters given a tour of a Border Patrol station at Clint, Texas, saw a clean, orderly facility.

Axon announced Thursday that it will ban the technology because it is not reliable enough for law enforcement, especially when it comes to identifying women and people of color.

Ten candidates, including former Vice President Joe Biden, are on stage in Miami Thursday. Follow NPR reporters who cover health care, immigration and more as they fact check and analyze the debate.

The aid cutoff is called the Mexico City policy. Republican presidents instate it. Democratic presidents call it off. A new report looks at the impact on abortion rates in sub-Saharan Africa.

What do you imagine an ancient croc snacking on? Maybe a fish or a bird? For some relatives of modern crocodiles, a safer guess would be a big bunch of flowers.

The $4.6 billion bill passed in a 305-102 vote after the Republican-led Senate refused to adopt sections of the House version. The House would have added requirements for care of migrants.

Twitter won’t delete the tweets of politicians that are bullying or derogatory, but it will label them. The service has been criticized for its handling of tweets posted by President Trump and others.

Have you ever needed to use a location-sharing app in an emergency? Or do you just track people for fun? We want to hear your story.

President Trump will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G-20. Trade tensions threaten to overshadow progress in strategic ties, former State Department official Alyssa Ayres writes.

A new film tells the story of the first all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race: “Guys used to say to us with absolute certainty, ‘You’re going to die,'” says sailor Tracy Edwards.

A snafu of a shortcut was a reminder that even navigation apps can still get it wrong. “There’s so many other people going, it must be OK,” is how one driver was led astray.

Florida has struggled for years with opioid overdoses — and the highest rate of HIV infection in the U.S. Lawmakers now hope needle exchanges and a “harm reduction” approach could help save lives.