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Walla Walla, Wash., has among the highest per capita COVID-19 rates in the U.S. But the county's public health director says it's not his job to reach unvaccinated people in his community.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about the big sports stories of the week.

More than 20 states and many major cities have mandated vaccines for public employees, but police unions are pushing back, warning of staffing shortages amid a nationwide uptick in violent crime.

Colin Powell died at age 84 on Monday. He spent much of his life in the military and served in the Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush administrations.

East Baton Rouge Parish residents will vote for local officials and city-parish legislation on the Nov. 13 ballot in addition to four amendments to the state constitution, which are on the ballot statewide.

Finland and Sweden have long kept a neutral position between the West and Russia. But that changed after Moscow invaded Ukraine. Today, the leaders of the two Nordic nations were at the White House.

Some trumpeters aim to blow you away with their imposing technique; Miles drew the listener in. The performer, who died March 8, specialized in genre-blurring jazz that mixed old and new sounds.

David Mamet, the writer of gritty dramas like 'Glengarry Glen Ross' and 'Heist', first went to Vermont at the age of 17 and was stunned by its natural beauty. The filmmaker's book 'South of the Northeast Kingdom' is an homage to the state where he has lived for 40 years yet still feels like an outsider. Read an excerpt and see photos from the book.

Boise, USA is a new play that tells the story of the Boise sex scandal of 1955. Playwright Gene Franklin Smith likens the fear instilled in the citizens of Boise, Idaho, to that stirred up by the federal government after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Wildfires are a worsening danger — and a big business opportunity. From high-tech alarms to home retrofits, the industry around preparedness is nascent, fairly small, barely regulated, growing fast.