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Some cities and states have explicitly made public camping illegal. Voters in Austin, Texas, approved a camping ban in 2021.

A group called Love Commandos helps couples who marry for love in India. NPR's Rough Translation podcast looks at the circumstances surrounding the group's downfall.

Lacking connection can increase the risk for premature death to levels comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to a new advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General.

South America has seen a quarter million cases this year, as climate change is a boon for the mosquitoes that spread it. A study about how the virus infects cells could help inform future treatments.

More than a quarter million new cases of the chikungunya virus have surfaced in South America this year. New advances may soon help us outfox the virus, which can cause debilitating joint pain.

In an Instagram post, the pop star announced that her highly anticipated concert film will be released today, earlier than expected.

This is the year that a lot of the money from Biden's 2021 infrastructure law starts flowing to states and local governments. Mitch Landrieu is tasked with implementing and promoting the effort.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Thomas Kellogg, a law professor who specializes in China at Georgetown University, about the country's expanded espionage law.

One man makes the case that Americans' pursuit of abundant parking is upending our cities and our lives.

Even after their babies died, hospital bills kept coming. These parents of fragile, very sick infants faced exorbitant bills — though they had insurance. "The process was just so heartless," one says.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Kiki Baker Barnes, commissioner of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, about Simone Biles return to professional competitive gymnastics following a mental health break.

We take a look back at the environmental movement of the 1960s and '70s under JFK, LBJ, and Nixon.