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For years, city workers removed the rims each evening from some Toronto parks in response to noise complaints from neighbors. Then a video made the basketball-mad city change its mind.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., about her vow to hold up military promotions until Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who testified during impeachment hearings, gets his.

Cornwall's has been a Kenmore Square mainstay for more than four decades. Now it's preparing to reopen — and to reinvent itself for survival during the pandemic.

A confirmation of the ship's identity will make it the first Renaissance-era ship with its hull timbers intact. It was one of the largest Italian merchant vessels of its time when it went down.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez about the county ordering gyms to close again after a new surge in COVID-19 cases. Restaurants must also close their dining rooms.

Armed militias have become a feature at anti-quarantine protests, racial justice marches and monument removals. But after a shooting in Albuquerque, locals say militias are disturbing the peace.

The 65-year-old leader revealed the result Tuesday on national TV. Bolsonaro has repeatedly downplayed the virus's dangers, despite Brazil suffering the world's second-largest outbreak.

Keisha Lance Bottoms' diagnosis comes at an intense time for the city, which is reeling from the police killing of Rayshard Brooks and a spike in violence over the Fourth of July weekend.

Mary Trump offers a scathing portrait of the president in a book that very nearly was blocked from publication. Now its publisher is bumping up the release date.

The Trump administration notified the United Nations Tuesday that the U.S. is withdrawing from the World Health Organization. NPR discusses what it could mean for the WHO to lose its largest donor.