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Officials spoke at the annual State of the County address.

The $75 million program will build up to 5,000 housing units near large employers.

Updated Dec. 6: The committee met to discuss out-of-state schools.

Abortion, same-sex marriage, voting rights proposals head to full House vote in January.

How the city is trying to turn its oldest trees into new resources.

In India, sensationalist TV news coverage of fighting between India and Pakistan reveals the polarization of the country's media.

Chess is seeing a global resurgence, sparked by The Queen's Gambit and the pandemic impact on leisure time. India is an emerging power player, with 85 grandmasters and intense chess schools for youth.

A Colombian Presidential hopeful in critical condition after being shot during a campaign rally in Bogotá on Saturday. The assassination attempt is having a chilling effect in Colombia where security has been backsliding recently.

An underground network of feminists and activists developed new models of care for abortion that eventually helped legalize abortion in countries across Latin America.

June 12th is Loving Day, a holiday that commemorates the Loving v. Virginia case, which allowed interracial marriage in all parts of the U.S. NPR readers share how the case changed their lives.