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Wednesday Night Skate has zipped through the streets of New York since the 1990s but really picked up steam during the pandemic. These days, 200-300 skaters participate in the weekly event.
NPR NewsThe officer becomes the first member of the state police force to lose their job in the fallout over the hesitant response to the May school attack that killed 19 children and two teachers.
NPR NewsThe Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued the stay, ordering the Biden administration not to act on the program while it considers a motion from six Republican-led states to block loan cancellation.
NPR NewsA teenager accused of killing four fellow students and injuring more at Oxford High School last November is expected to plead guilty to murder next week, authorities said Friday.
NPR NewsIt's also now forbidden to bring newly acquired handguns into the country. "We have seen too many examples of horrific tragedies involving firearms," the Canadian prime minister said.
NPR NewsThe move came after several offensive comments from Ye, including antisemitic posts that earned him suspensions from Twitter and Instagram.
NPR NewsMembers of a diversity, equity and inclusion panel are calling for the firing of CEO Jeff Plush over his handling of sexual abuse allegations when he was head of the women's pro soccer league.
NPR NewsThe subpoena requires the former president to produce the documents by Nov. 4 and to appear for testimony on or about Nov. 14.
NPR NewsA jury was hung on nine additional felony counts against James Heaps. The doctor is facing thousands of accusations of abuse and has cost UCLA $700 million in lawsuits.
NPR NewsKhan was disqualified after an election panel found he unlawfully sold state gifts and concealed assets as premier, officials said. He was ousted in a no-confidence vote in the parliament in April.
NPR NewsA federal judge dismissed an effort by six Republican-led states to block the Biden administration's plan to reduce student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans.
NPR NewsThe 19-year-old chess grandmaster says the world champion has mounted a libelous campaign against him since Niemann defeated Carlsen in September.
NPR NewsFollowing the resignation of Liz Truss as Britain's fourth prime minister in a little over six years, her Conservative party — in power since 2010 — is racing to select a replacement.
NPR NewsTruss beats George Canning, who was prime minister for 119 days in 1827.
NPR NewsDeep inside the medieval fortified monastery in Greece, researchers are for the first time tapping a virtually unknown treasure — thousands of Ottoman-era manuscripts.
NPR NewsThe luxury watch market was a sleepy, shrinking industry until it got caught up in a tidal wave of market forces.
NPR NewsScientists are finding that Western wildfires can have far-reaching impacts. If they're burning while Central U.S. thunderstorms are forming, the rain and hail can be dramatically more destructive.
NPR NewsThe 15-year-old tabby is the Chief Mouser of No. 10 Downing Street, where Britain's prime ministers both work and reside. Larry has been in the post since David Cameron ran the government.
NPR NewsFormer Trump adviser Steve Bannon awaits sentencing on two misdemeanor charges for failing to turn over documents and testimony to the House Select Committee probing the Capitol siege.
NPR NewsMore than half of these deaths occur well after the mom leaves the hospital. To save lives, mothers need more support in the "fourth trimester, that time after the baby is born," one researcher says.
NPR NewsIn the Oregon race for governor, the Democrat, Tina Kotek, and the Republican, Christine Drazan, are in a dead heat thanks to the independent, Betsy Johnson, who has outraised her competitors.
NPR NewsIf the bill were to become law, it could affect not only schools but also programs, events and literature at any federally-funded institution. But its prospects are dim for now.
NPR NewsDiwali celebrates lightness over darkness and is celebrated by more than 1 billion Hindu people each year. It also has its own versions in the Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism religions.
NPR NewsA Mississippi town with a Confederate monument plans to unveil a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, decades after white men kidnapped and killed the Black teenager.
NPR NewsRusty the red panda escaped his National Zoo enclosure and was briefly free in Washington, D.C., in 2013. He has died at age 10 of unknown causes.
NPR NewsMisrach Ewunetie, 20, was found by an employee at about 1 p.m. on Thursday behind tennis courts on the campus facilities grounds, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said.
NPR NewsJustice Amy Coney Barrett, who is assigned to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, was the one who received the emergency application brought by a Wisconsin taxpayers group.
NPR NewsThe agency said that it is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state's majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system.
NPR NewsNPR wants to hear from people who are voting in this year's midterm elections. Are you planning to vote in the midterm election? What issues are you hoping that politicians address?
NPR NewsThe new policy and others come from a new memo from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin aimed at addressing concerns of service members about abortion access after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.