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The announcement by Mayor Eric Garcetti makes LA the first major city to offer free testing to all its residents. It came as county health officials reported another 1,541 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Kids at the Dallas County Juvenile Detention Center are kept in their cells for 23 hours a day, get poor nutrition and rarely go outside.

Environmental advocates continue to pressure lawmakers to require more transparency about data centers’ water and energy use as the legislative session creeps toward the finish line.

The effort is part of a widespread push by Republicans to reject new voter-accommodation strategies implemented because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Panelists in a Heartland Community College discussion on voter suppression said just because governments no longer explicitly bar African Americans, women…

A new study looking at hearing loss finds that it's greater among people living in rural areas. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with audiologist Nicholas Reed, who co-authored the study.

A review of dozens of emails and other documents revealed siloed information sharing which kept Unit 5 from knowing what law enforcement and child welfare officials knew about its employees, even when it involved students in their care.

Erie County, Pa., was won narrowly by Donald Trump in 2016. NPR talks with the heads of the county's Democratic and Republican parties about what get-out-the-vote efforts look like in the pandemic.

Illinois Democrats backing candidates in new strategy to get involved in all elections

Burke County, N.C., is one of thousands of communities in America battling a devastating overdose crisis. New programs and new funding appear to be making a difference saving lives.