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When basketball great Bill Russell played for the Boston Celtics, he lived in the town of Reading — where he didn't always get the nicest of receptions. Decades later, town leaders look to honor him.

While most state's COVID-19 cases are down, Missouri's new cases are up 71 percent. Summer tourism presents new risks in a state resistant to virus control measures since the pandemic began.

Officials in San Francisco reversed course and are allowing dispensaries to stay open during the "shelter in place" order. New York made a similar declaration for its medical marijuana businesses.

The Homestead Act prodded waves of settlers to spread across the Great Plains -- but today, many of the towns created by that bill are dying. New congressional legislation known as the New Homestead Act aims to revitalize rural towns with incentives. NPR's Howard Berkes visits Ord, Neb., were many of the proposed measures are already in place.

Nearly six days after Sandy, New York and New Jersey are struggling to get back to normal. Power has been restored to many, but gas is a hot commodity. People have been flocking by the hundreds to get fuel, and the states' governors have been trying to keep the situation under control.

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