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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Hanna Yahorava, the executive director at the Regional Press Publishers Association in Belarus, about the government's increasing crackdown on its critics.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rolled out a targeted coronavirus aid plan amid stalled negotiations on a broader deal. Democrats oppose the bill and it's unlikely to advance.

AstraZeneca, which is working with the University of Oxford, hasn't said what the illness is. It will try to determine whether the illness is related to the vaccine, or just a chance event.

Scientists and engineers in California are building a unique 3.2 billion pixel camera for a telescope under construction in Chile. The camera has taken its first test pictures — of broccoli.

Bill Callahan has a deep pocket of stories to tell. Standing outside his home, he performs a few of them with guitarist Matt Kinsey and trumpet player Derek Phelps.

Most of the largest civil settlements for police killings were in liberal areas in the year after the Ferguson unrest. Now, lawyers say current protests are hardening political divisions on policing.

Their work and lives have been upended in this region devastated by the coronavirus, and where poverty and preexisting conditions like diabetes, hypertension and obesity are prevalent.

The president hopes that what led to victory in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania will extend to Minnesota, where his response to COVID-19 and racial justice protests has support in rural areas.

Some camps that managed to successfully keep the virus at bay this summer are now offering a refuge from the virus — to those who can afford it — where students can live and attend classes remotely.

Reminiscent of Willy Wonka, Klein is launching a series of golden ticket treasure hunts across the U.S. He announced the contest in a video message online, offering thousands of dollars in prizes.