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There is a high rate of coronavirus among inmates at Alaska's prisons. State health officials say the general prison population should begin to receive coronavirus vaccinations in mid-February.

Suicide bombings have been rare in the Iraqi capital since the country's military largely defeated the Islamic State group in 2017. But ISIS has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attacks.

The Rev. Julio Martinez put a portrait of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the back of a pickup truck and celebrated the festival in the front yards of church members.

For the first time in decades, the infant mortality rate in Cuyahoga County seems to be on a consistent decline, though racial inequities persist, according to health officials. According to preliminary data collected by the Ohio Department of Health, the infant mortality rate in the county has dropped to 7.81 deaths per 1,000 live births. In 2019, the overall rate was 8.61, said Richard Stacklin, a statistician for the Cuyahoga County Board of Health.

Apted's pioneering documentary series began with a group of British children and checked in with them every seven years. He also directed Coal Miner's Daughter and The World Is Not Enough.

Updated, Friday, Aug. 13, 10:50 a.m. During two virtual town halls Monday, parents of Cincinnati Public School students asked questions of school...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jeri Green, 2020 census senior adviser to the National Urban League, about how a census undercount this year could negatively affect communities across the country.

The Justice Department's proposal would hold Facebook and Twitter more accountable for users' posts. One critic says the Trump administration is "trying to work the refs ahead of the election."

The president-elect's history-making picks include the first Latino nominated to head the Department of Homeland Security and the first woman to lead the intelligence community.

How did Americans respond to what they heard? We talk with local reporters across the country about what residents are telling them.