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Updated: 10:35 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Ohio Department of Health (ODH) officials are warning the public to avoid e-cigarettes and committing millions to help curb vaping as the number of confirmed cases of illness most likely caused by vaping continues to grow. Ohio now has 10 cases of severe, vaping-related respiratory illness and 14 more cases are under investigation, up from three confirmed cases and 11 investigations last week.

In Kevin Barry's grim but compassionate new novel, two weary Irish ex-crooks sit waiting in a run-down Spanish ferry terminal, waiting for one man's estranged daughter who may or may not show up.

Attica Locke returns to the world of Highway 59 in Heaven, My Home, which finds Texas Ranger Darren Mathews dealing with the disappearance of the young son of an imprisoned white supremacist leader.

Since taking office last December, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has not left the country. Critics say he is damaging Mexico's image on the world stage.

Coping with the devastating effects of extreme winter weather last week, four Texans are trying to help the state's most vulnerable residents.

Despite being at-risk, essential workers, many who work in farming or meatpacking still lack access to coronavirus testing. Farmworker advocates say that doesn't bode well for vaccination outreach.

Montana, a state that's voted for a Democrat for president twice in the last 70 years, has a unique characteristic for a red state — broad access to abortion. But this year, things are changing.

NPR's Noel King speaks with CD Davidson-Hiers, K-12 education reporter with the Tallahassee Democrat, about helping hundreds of readers register for COVID-19 vaccine appointments.

A former Columbus, Ohio, police officer was indicted for killing an unarmed man in December. Adam Coy, who is White, is expected to plead not guilty in the killing of Andre Hill, who was Black.

Many Democrats hope President Biden's endorsement of changing the Senate filibuster could help push through more ambitious and progressive legislation.