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VP Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic nomination for president. Former President Trump visits the wall along the southern border in Cochise County, Arizona. The FDA approves new COVID-19 vaccines.

Chicago voter turnout was at or near historic lows, likely a signal of either displeasure with the candidates or recognition the party nominees were predetermined.

In Chicago, doctors and former patients struggle to save the Cook County Hospital from the wrecking ball. The county agreed in 1988 to tear down the 89-year-old building once a new, state-of-the-art medical center was built next door. Hear Jay Field of Chicago Public Radio.

Dogs and cats in San Mateo County, Calif., may be breathing a little easier these days, thanks to a new program to outfit the county's fire departments with oxygen masks designed for pets. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Assistant Fire Chief Ken Musso, who helped save a Chihuahua with the mask. See a demonstration.

El Condado de McLean alcanzó una tasa de reciclaje del 51% en 2024, siendo la primera vez que se recicla la mitad de la cantidad de residuos generados.

State officials announced on Saturday that they will bring back sweeping new restrictions as coronavirus cases continue to climb and ICU capacity dwindles.

In New York City, designer Rodney Leon and AARRIS Architects have been chosen to build a $3-million permanent memorial on the site of a Colonial-era burial ground for African slaves. But the controversy that has surrounded the project since the gravesite was discovered in 1991 continues.

Doctors at the trauma center at Los Angeles County-University of Southern California hospital deal with gunshot victims nearly every day, and their ability to save lives keeps improving.

A New York parks employee died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both states, authorities said Sunday.

As newspapers fold across the country, a citizen journalist in a small Alabama town keeps watch over the local government. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on June 11, 2023.)