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Guide Wesley Williams (left) lines up blind long jumper and sprinter Lex Gillette on the track before making a long jump during practice at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in San Diego. Gillette started losing his sight when he was 8 years old.

For Blind Long Jumper At Paralympics, Success Depends On Teamwork

Lex Gillette, blind since childhood, competes with help from guide Wesley Williams. "Jumping into the air, it's like someone opens up this cage door and I'm able to go out and be free," Gillette says.

Jamaican reggae singer Toots Hibbert, of Toots and The Maytals, photographed in 1974.

Toots Hibbert, Reggae Ambassador And Leader Of Toots And The Maytals, Dies At 77

The reggae star had been hospitalized in intensive care for more than a week while awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test.

Morning Headlines: DeWine Calls for “COVID Defense Teams” in Each County; First Energy Fires CEO

Gov. Mike DeWine gave a grave warning on Thursday as nearly every county in the state is at a high-risk level for coronavirus infections; Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. has fired CEO Chuck Jones and two senior vice presidents after a review determined the executives violated the company’s code of conduct, and more stories.

Election Day Voting Begins With Long Lines

Updated: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020 At least two-thirds of Cuyahoga County voters cast ballots in the general election. By the time the polls closed Tuesday night, the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections reported just over 600,000 people had voted in the county. That’s slightly higher than the number of people who had voted around the same time four years ago, but it trails vote totals in 2012 and 2008.

President Trump addresses a rally this week at Capital Region International Airport in Lansing, Mich.

Agencies, Contractors Suspend Diversity Training To Avoid Violating Trump Order

President Trump's recent executive order banning some diversity training has had a widespread effect as government agencies, contractors and universities scramble to figure out how to comply.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani holds up a resolution on the last day of a traditional council known as a Loya Jirga, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 9. The council concluded with hundreds of delegates agreeing to free 400 Taliban members, paving the way for an early start to negotiations between Afghanistan's warring sides.

Is Afghanistan Waiting For The U.S. Election Before Starting Peace Talks?

Some analysts think Kabul is holding out for a possible Joe Biden presidency before trying to strike any substantive deals with the Taliban.

<em>Having and Being Had,</em> by Eula Biss

In 'Having And Being Had,' Eula Biss Maps Capitalist Game Rules Without Breaking Them

By rooting each meditation in lived experience, the author captures the way the capitalist value system has weaseled itself into the everyday — even implicating herself in its ills and rewards.

As coronavirus outbreaks continue to flare in the United States, modelers project that the country will hit nearly 300,000 deaths by Dec. 1.

300,000 Deaths By December? 9 Takeaways From The Newest COVID-19 Projections

What's driving this death toll? Could anything improve the outlook? How reliable are these predictions anyway? We get into the weeds.

Chief Patrol Agent Rodney Scott stands near an old border monument at the base of the San Ysidro Mountains in southern San Diego County where current fencing ends.

Border Patrol Makes Its Case For An Expanded 'Border Barrier'

NPR's John Burnett spent a day with Border Patrol agents in the San Diego sector. Only 14 miles of that 60-mile sector is currently unfenced. More fencing would free up manpower for other tasks.

Two women sit, with their faces covered, at a drug treatment center in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Women And Children Are The Emerging Face Of Drug Addiction In Afghanistan

A growing number of women and children are becoming entangled in drugs as the country's number of addicts aggressively grows.

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