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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rev. Stephen Pullis about the decision made by the Archdiocese of Detroit to allow parishioners to attend public mass in-person again.

Indivar Dutta-Gupta, a co-executive director at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, explains the U.S. unemployment insurance system's origins and role today.

Some Texas cities are taking additional steps to protect renters and delay evictions, but many Texans remain vulnerable. A Houston rental assistance program ran out of funding in just 90 minutes.

We look at how city features were inspired by history's worst disease outbreaks.

A narrow majority approved the ballot measure, making Oklahoma the 37th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. An estimated 200,000 uninsured adults will now qualify for coverage.

Cuyahoga County Republicans have unseated longtime party chairman Rob Frost, electing Lisa Stickan as the first woman to serve as the county GOP’s leader. Stickan, a former chairwoman of the Young Republican National Federation, is the president of Highland Heights City Council and a 2020 convention delegate for President Trump. She won nearly two thirds of the vote among county central committee members, defeating Frost 206-113. Stickan told ideastream Thursday that she wants to run competitive local races in the county.

The coronavirus pandemic has cost Hilton $13.4 million in canceled group bookings at the publicly owned hotel in Downtown Cleveland, consultants told Cuyahoga County Council on Monday. The revenue decline is what led Cuyahoga County to consider paying $7.9 million to cover debt payments and property taxes at the hotel, they said.

Retired Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath has beaten state Rep. Charles Booker, The Associated Press projects. McGrath will now face Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The measure, known as the Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act, authorizes sanctions for war crimes. It is included in the newly passed 2019 Pentagon budget.

After a flawless launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., the Boeing Starliner crew capsule, loaded with 600 pounds of cargo for the station, was unable to reach its intended orbit.