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It's been three years since the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was founded. With billions of dollars at its disposal, the fund has attracted criticism, especially from the United States, over how it uses the money. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

Five people were killed and 44 others injured in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Iran on Saturday, state television reported.

A Boulder-based baker of marijuana-infused products is capitalizing on the growing popularity of "edibles" with a cookbook.

Huge crowds converged on central London for four days of public events to mark the queen's history-making 70 years on the throne.

UPDATE: Akron has just released its plans to honor its native son. The celebration by the city and LeBron James Family Foundation will begin at Lock 3...

The State Department says that the encounter between a Russian Su-27 fighter and a propeller-driven U.S. Navy EP-3 put the American crew at risk.

One in five teachers do not report incidents of violence they experience in their classrooms, according to a study led by an Ohio State University researcher. The study, paid for by the American Psychological Association, surveyed 3,403 K-12 teachers in 48 states. More than 2,500 responded that they had experienced some type of physical or verbal abuse by a student, a threat of violence, or an inappropriate sexual advance.

We go back in the NPR archives to find a 30-year-old progress report on the development of computer speech from NPR correspondent Ira Flatow. Things have come along quite a bit since then.

The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections has already received a surge of absentee ballot applications for the Nov. 3 election, as more voters than usual move to make their decisions remotely during the coronavirus pandemic. As of last week, the board had processed 40,000 ballot applications, Director Anthony Perlatti told ideastream Monday.

Cuyahoga County Council banned single-use plastic bags with an 8 to 3 party-line vote Tuesday evening, requiring businesses to offer reusable or paper bags to retail customers. The ordinance is set to take effect Jan. 1, 2020. It was originally drafted for Oct. 1 of this year, but councilmembers agreed businesses needed more time to prepare.