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Annie Ropeik reports on state economy and business issues for all Indiana Public Broadcasting stations, from a home base of WBAA. She has lived and worked on either side of the country, but never in the middle of it. At NPR affiliate KUCB in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, she covered fish, oil and shipping and earned an Alaska Press Club Award for business reporting. She then moved 4,100 miles to report on chickens, chemicals and more for Delaware Public Media. She is originally from the D.C. suburb of Silver Spring, Maryland, but her mom is a Hoosier. Annie graduated from Boston University with a degree in classics and philosophy. She performs a mean car concert, boasts a worryingly encyclopedic knowledge of One Direction lyrics and enjoys the rule of threes. She is also a Hufflepuff.

The number of people in ICE detention has grown, and detention facilities are over capacity. So the government is intensifying its hunt for more space, and local police are playing a bigger role.

Iran's reform-minded president, Hassan Rouhani, is up for re-election. Subtle changes in Iranian society are evident in the burgeoning tech sector. But conservatives say Rouhani has changed too much.

In a year when big albums from hip-hop stars dominated the charts and streaming services, a few fire projects undoubtedly flew under the radar.

Atlantic writer Clint Smith grew up surrounded by Confederate iconography, being told that the Civil War wasn't about slavery. He shares a poem from his forthcoming book, How the Word Is Passed.

Around 8,100 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Ohio on Sunday and another 200 hospitalizations; Akron Public Schools is pausing plans for some students to return to the classroom as COVID-19 cases spike; Cleveland's shuttered I-X Center is getting a new use as space for Purell major GOJO Industries; and more stories.

Many farmers in Ethiopia have lost valuable land for growing crops. They're learning to change the way they work to make the most out of what they have.

There are so many ways and places to dance — in the club, in your kitchen, on the streets and, as NPR Music's Lars Gotrich argues, in the mosh pit — so let's showcase its multitudes.

The convictions of the activists was the city’s biggest national security case to date under a law imposed by Beijing that has all but wiped out public dissent.

The Ohio EPA is asking the owners of the Everwear plant to replace wells that regulate toxic underground plume beneath the city of Chillicothe. The nearby Pixelle paper mill closing not only leaves hundreds of people without jobs, but also presents a challenge to future containment of the chemicals.