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The Russian Paralympic team faces a ban from the Rio games next month, due to allegations of widespread doping. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to journalist Rebecca Ruiz about the charges.

With the Zika epidemic raging around them, OB-GYNs in Puerto Rico have launched a plan to offer free contraception across the island. Doctors say the island has a high unplanned pregnancy rate.

More than ever before, U.S. elections are a business opportunity. Social media companies are capitalizing on attention spent on the candidates.

The attorney general, Josh Kaul, has faced backlash after his office released findings that critics say have been used to justify the police shooting. Paul said that was "absolutely not" true.

Actor Chadwick Boseman, who starred in Black Panther and many other films, has died at the age of 43.

A person was shot and killed on Saturday night in Portland, Ore., after clashes between protesters and Trump supporters.

Officially the country reports more than 268,000 cases and more than 6,300 deaths. But some doctors doubt the government's statistics, and say they're overwhelmed by the number of sick people.

Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will start charging an extra upfront fee in September ... as much as $1,500 for a $300,000 loan. Lenders are upset and blame the Trump administration.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Nataliya Vasiliyeva, Moscow correspondent for British newspaper The Telegraph, about protests in Belarus that followed Sunday's presidential election.

The history of George Washington's plantation is being retold to focus on the people who were enslaved there.