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South Carolina is one of about two dozen states that have few or no statewide LGBTQ protections. The federal Equality Act would change that, but some in the state say the bill goes too far.

Torrential rain has inundated parts of Australia, forcing evacuations and sending waterfalls down the side of the country's majestic — and normally arid — Uluru rocks.

As of Wednesday, more than 5,000 unaccompanied migrant children are in Customs and Border Protection custody, according to Department of Homeland Security data reviewed by NPR.

There are 45,000 laws, policies and administrative sanctions in the U.S. that target people with criminal records. Reuben Jonathan Miller researches how they affect people's lives in Halfway Home.

After a year of social distancing, ski reservations and sack lunches, Vail Resorts is planning to bring even more people to its resorts, announcing…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the planned lockdown "a mistake," and she took the blame for the decision.

The Utah Department of Health reported a continuing gradual decline in statewide COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. Summit and Wasatch Counties saw…

There's no link between COVID-19 vaccines and death. But a new NPR analysis finds stories implying a connection have gone viral this year at a dramatic rate.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai and Jack Dorsey of Twitter will testify about the steps they have taken to deal with misinformation about the election, COVID-19 and vaccines.

Clothing companies H&M, Nike and Adidas face boycotts for their refusal to use cotton from China's Xinjiang region.