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NPR's Rachel Martin talks to New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres about testing positive for the coronavirus, and why young people need to take social distancing seriously.

We told you about the Pennsylvania woman who is at home in self-quarantine. She became Internet-famous when she was photographed at a window with a sign: "I need more beer!" Coors Light sent 10 cases.

The U.S. is holding a dual American-Saudi citizen who was captured in Syria and is suspected of being a member of ISIS. The man has been held overseas for more than seven months without charge. The ACLU is challenging his detention in court.

Adam Jentleson traces the history of the filibuster, which started as a tool of Southern senators upholding slavery and then later became a mechanism to block civil rights legislation.

A key ally of Martin Luther King Jr., Vivian was one of the major organizers of the civil rights movement. His work took him across the South, and through it all, the minister preached nonviolence.

The FBI arrested an avowed white supremacist on domestic terrorism charges after he made threats against a Colorado synagogue on social media. FBI agents pounced after supplying him with fake bombs.

The musician was a prominent member of the 1980s "Paisley Underground" scene in his native LA before gaining commercial success with Mazzy Star in the early '90s.

At 90, Ken Felts tells his daughter about the man he fell in love with over 60 years ago. "I thought I was doing great, until I came out and started to discover what it means to be free," he told her.

One part of Los Angeles County hit 121 degrees this weekend, a county all-time record. Firefighters are battling many blazes, one of which was sparked by a pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal party.

With a voice by turns soaring and haunting, Shajarian was considered one of his nation's treasures — and then ran afoul of the regime. He died Thursday in Tehran at age 80.

Moderna is testing its COVID-19 vaccine in children — ages six-months through 11 years old. NPR's A Martinez talks to Dr. Steve Plimpton, who is the principal investigator for the study in Phoenix.

Some Americans say they don't want to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the Ad Council's CEO about public health messaging and ways to reach vaccine skeptics.