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Life in Florida, "like in the rest of the world, has been transformed," says photographer Saul Martinez. "People are trying to find spaces of normalcy." Indoor movie theaters no longer offer that. But on a spring night, the Walter and Young families found a change of venue — a drive-in theater — can be a way to reimagine that space. <em>March 14. Fort Lauderdale.</em>

PHOTOS: How The World Is Reinventing Rituals

Religious services. Birthday parties. Movie nights. Our usual routines and rituals may not be possible because of COVID-19. So humans are creating new ways to hold true to their past traditions.

Don't roll back fuel economy standards, groups tell U.S. EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held its second of three public listening sessions Tuesday, this one in Dearborn, on its proposal to freeze…

Be Mine? Nope. SweetHeart Candies Hard To Find This Valentine's Day

The popular SweetHearts will be tougher to find this Valentine's Day. The company that used to make the candy went out of business. Its new owners aren't ready to start making new batches yet.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says he is currently hospitalized with COVID-19 — a revelation that came as Russia hopes to emerge from a shutdown despite a spike in new cases. Peskov is seen here during a video conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on April 14.

Putin Spokesman Is Hospitalized With COVID-19 As Coronavirus Cases Spike In Russia

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says the last time he saw Russian President Vladimir Putin in person was more than a month ago.

First day of trial: regulators paint grim picture of conditions at Electro-Plating Services

Environmental regulators painted a grim picture of conditions inside Electro-Plating Services on the first day of a trial on Monday. The City of Madison…

State could lose track of tethered felons without technology update

A technology upgrade that’s supposed to help consumers threatens to shut down the system for keeping track of felons and sex offenders who’ve been…

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Wigs and eggs: Grand Rapids drag queens serve up brunch with style

On Sunday mornings, the West Michigan brunch scene gets served a meal full of realness, thanks to the drag queens of Michigan Drag Brunch. The project is…

For 8 Years, A 'Wall Street Journal' Story Haunted His Career. Now He Wants It Fixed

Former U.S. Education Department official Robert Shireman is asking The Wall Street Journal to correct a story from 2013 that continues to fuel false accusations. The paper has declined his request.

Hospitals may soon be at risk of losing a critical funding stream — Medicare funding — if they don't comply with new COVID-19 data reporting requirements.

Trump Administration Plans Crackdown On Hospitals Failing To Report COVID-19 Data

Draft documents obtained by NPR show that the federal government is preparing to enforce new data reporting requirements, threatening to withhold vital Medicare funding from noncompliant hospitals.

Pope Francis hailed "the saints who live next door" during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying doctors and others who are still working are heroes. The pope is seen here celebrating Palm Sunday Mass behind closed doors because of the coronavirus.

'This Is Not Humanity's First Plague,' Pope Francis Says Of Coronavirus

The pope says the COVID-19 pandemic is exposing hypocrisy and misplaced priorities in the modern world, as he calls on people to remember their shared humanity.

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