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A signed copy of Emancipation Proclamation.

To Celebrate Juneteenth, Listen To A Reading Of The Emancipation Proclamation

To mark Juneteenth, NPR staff members read the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth — the celebration to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States — is now a federal holiday.

Josh Otten holds a female northern map turtle, left, and a male northern map turtle near the Kalamazoo River in Galesburg.

Study points to mixed results for turtles 10 years after oil spill

Josh Otten sits in a kayak in the Kalamazoo River west of Battle Creek. He’s pulled up to the bank, holding a palm-sized, wriggling…

Study ranks car mileage by vehicle and city

A group says the Chevrolet Suburban is the most driven used car in Detroit and Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo. iSeeCars.com says they looked at over 2.3 million…

Corrections union asks Whitmer to fire prisons director

The union that represents corrections officers in state prisons has called for Corrections Director Heidi Washington to be fired.The 6,000 member union…

A billboard in midtown Manhattan reads "Take Out To Help Out, last month in New York.

Northeast: Coronavirus-Related Restrictions By State

Get the latest on coronavirus-related restrictions in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.

College senior Bao Ha has applied to more than 100 jobs. So far, he's had no luck.

Generation Unemployed: Another Class Of Graduates Faces Pandemic-Scarred Future

Although the overall jobs market is starting to come back, youth unemployment remains stubbornly high, creating a lot of anxiety among the latest class of college and high school seniors.

'Into The Planet' Captures Cave Diving's Mortal Risks — And All lts Glory

Jill Heinerth's memoir leads with her thoughts as she wonders if she will die underwater, setting the tone for an honest and engaging book about life as one of the world's top cave divers.

A general view of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2013. The embassy is facing a coronavirus outbreak, according to the State Department.

A COVID Outbreak At The U.S. Embassy In Kabul Has Sickened 114 People And Killed 1

Military hospital ICU resources are at full capacity and the embassy has been forced to "create temporary, on-compound COVID-19 wards," according to a note sent to embassy staff.

More States Require Masks In Public As COVID-19 Spreads, But Enforcement Lags

Governors and mayors in some regions with rising COVID-19 counts have made masks mandatory in public places. But sometimes their own police refuse to enforce the mask rules.

In this March 18, 2021 file photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing.

Dr. Fauci Says The Risks From The Delta Variant Underscore The Importance Of Vaccines

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci about the CDC declaring the Delta variant of COVID-19 a concern, and how vaccines and booster shots fit into the discussion of combating variants.

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