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The number of lives taken by COVID-19 in the U.S. has reached a grim milestone: More people have died of the disease than the 58,220 Americans who perished in the Vietnam War.

With the flu season looming, the rate of new cases in the U.S. and other countries is rising at rates not seen in months.

Mix 94.9 raises funds for the U.S. Marines Corps Reserves Toys for Tots today during its third annual "Toys for Tunes" on-air campaign. Listeners can...

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Lt. Gen. John Vines, commander of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan since June 2003, speaks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about a resurgence of attacks by the Taliban against police and civilian officials. Vines says the enemy is most active in southern Afghanistan, near some of the nation's most productive opium fields.

The two U.S.-based outdoor companies that sell hunting and fishing equipment are joining forces in a deal expected to close in the first half of 2017.

Atlantic writer Mike Giglio profiles the Oath Keepers, a pro-Trump militia group, in a new article. "They believe that there is a very strong likelihood of civil violence in America," he says.

Afghan officials reportedly inflated the number of students to make the education system appear more successful than it has been, according to the U.S. inspector for Afghanistan's reconstruction.

The country nearly eradicated this treatable sexually transmitted disease twice, only to see it come roaring back. The failure shows the weakness of a cash-strapped public health system.

The average school choir doesn’t wear shoulder pads or mouth guards, and they do scales, not scrimmages. Still, one of the nation’s foremost choral music…