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Oregon state Rep. Mike Nearman, a Republican who allowed far-right demonstrators to breach the state Capitol in December, now faces charges of official misconduct and criminal trespass.

As many as a dozen deaths may be tied to the heat, worrying folks who organize support services for the homeless community.

Vaccination rates in much of rural America remain low. But there's one consistent holdout demographic: seniors, many of whom remember lining up eagerly as children to get the polio vaccine.

Many state lawmakers want Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel suspended. He revealed an armed deputy didn't go inside the school during the shooting, and there was a log of calls about the suspect.

Police shot and killed Walter Wallace, a 27-year-old Black man, in a confrontation Monday. National Guard troops will be deployed, at the county's request, amid protests following the shooting.

While the political focus may be on mass shootings, states are far more often using red flag laws to prevent cases of individual gun violence, including suicide.

Many law enforcement agencies in suburban Minneapolis and St. Paul that policed protests are recent entrants to a decades-old Pentagon program of transferring military gear to cops.

For years, Evangelical Christian political groups have mobilized around limiting access to abortion. But Evangelicals were not always so involved in this fight.

Storms continue to pummel California. Parts of Santa Barbara as well as the nearby towns of Montecito and Carpenteria have been evacuated due to fears of mudslides. More rain is on the way.

NPR's Pien Huang speaks to Jennifer Gray Thompson, founder and CEO of After the Fire USA, about what to expect from long-term recovery after a wildfire.