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Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a Friday briefing that infectious new variants may be threatening to derail the country's recent progress.

An independent investigation finds Aurora, Colo., police had no reason to contact Elijah McClain, a young Black man who died in their custody last summer. City leaders are looking at next steps.

Global Witness, an international human rights group, says a record 227 grassroots environmental activists were killed in 2020. More than half were killed in Colombia, Mexico and the Philippines.

The contentious phone call between Reps. Lauren Boebert and Ilhan Omar likely means the controversy will continue.

The ruling revokes leases sold in the Gulf of Mexico in the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. It says the Interior Department failed to consider the greenhouse gases it would produce.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Marisa Kwiatkowski, investigative reporter for USA Today, about USA gymnastics and the FBI mishandling gymnasts sexual abuse allegations against team doctor Larry Nassar.

The roots of gospel music are not well-documented. Early recordings were lost. Stories behind the songs weren't written down. A new book recounts the history of the beloved American art form. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Robert Darden, author of People Get Ready!.

Democrats unveiled their party platform for 2022 while formally selecting their statewide nominees Saturday.

Millions of Americans have become the victims of identity theft since the beginning of the year. Renee Montagne talks with former FBI agent Kevin Barrows about where that information goes and how it's abused. Barrows led the bust of one of the country's largest identity theft operations in 2002.

A new report by Human Rights Watch disputes the Uzbek government's account of a brutal crackdown on protesters in the country's eastern Ferghana Valley. The report says government troops opened fire on unarmed demonstrators, killing as many as 500.