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"With my case, I want to underscore the importance of Nevadans to stay at home as much as they possibly can at this time," Sisolak said, as cases continue to rise throughout the state. (Image credit: Steve Marcus/AP) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/3eWyD5W https://ift.tt/3pDbvyy

"I'm relieved they'll stay behind bars," Arbery's mother said. She had asked a judge to keep the pair in jail, saying "Ahmaud wasn't allowed to go home. Ahmaud wasn't even allowed the chance to live." (Image credit: Lewis Levine/AP) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2IFtweE https://ift.tt/32IP55c

The organization ignored decades of sex abuse allegations, but it could now pay the price. More than 60,000 men say they were abused as scouts, ahead of Monday's deadline to file a claim. (Image credit: John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/32Gmz3O https://ift.tt/3kvZg30

She is leaving her senior vice president position at Major League Baseball to join the Miami team. Over all, Ng has three decades of baseball experience. (Image credit: Marcelo Maragni/MLB Photos via Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/32L8aDD https://ift.tt/36DTM12

More than 1,500 inmates and prison staff have died from from the coronavirus so far, according to a UCLA study. from News : NPR https://ift.tt/3ngltUv https://ift.tt/3nbY1rs

Klain had previously served as Joe Biden's chief of staff during the Obama administration. (Image credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/3eOWIf7 https://ift.tt/32ClY39

Pfizer's CEO sold $5.6 million worth of stock on Monday. The company says the stock sale was made as part of a preset plan. But NPR found irregularities about when the CEO entered into that plan. (Image credit: Zach Gibson/Bloomberg via Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/3nhHpP6 https://ift.tt/36pFIrW

Those recovering from COVID-19 were more likely than other groups of patients to be diagnosed with a mental disorder within three months. The longevity of such problems is not yet clear. (Image credit: Basak Gurbuz Derma/Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2UjeQEq https://ift.tt/32wHNRR

The state is the first in U.S. to reach the grim benchmark as the nation faces a widespread surge in infections. (Image credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2IvTKjV https://ift.tt/3pvwkvM

Former service members and families of those killed on active duty will have "free access to the iconic and treasured lands they fought to protect." (Image credit: Rick Bowmer/AP) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2JU3Ds3 https://ift.tt/3pfqoGU

Republicans have in large part shunned the tradition of congratulating the president elect, but many in the GOP establishment have not openly welcomed Trump's conspiracies of election fraud either. (Image credit: Samuel Corum/Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/3ePzyoP https://ift.tt/3phvToO

Gen. Gustave Perna says as soon as the FDA deems a vaccine safe and effective, his team is ready to coordinate deployment of tens of millions of doses as early as next month. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/AP) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/3lkzHDa https://ift.tt/3ljkdza

In 2020, transgender candidates continued to win elections. In Kansas, one winner, Stephanie Byers, says voters seemed more concerned with her policy than with her gender identity. (Image credit: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for GLSEN) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/35f31Fr https://ift.tt/3n9Teqp

Physician Taison Bell reflects on the messaging around COVID-19 disparities and whether that's impacted how some people are responding to measures to control the virus. (Image credit: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/3p7bnaa https://ift.tt/2Ih8Cm4

Four astronauts are scheduled to take a SpaceX capsule to the International Space Station on Saturday. NASA hopes to demonstrate the safety and reliability of regular crew transportation to the ISS. (Image credit: Terry Renna/AP) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2Ighicg https://ift.tt/3eC8ucG

President-elect Joe Biden will need to get his agenda through Congress, but Republicans are likely to keep control of the Senate and Democrats in the House have a smaller margin. (Image credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/3pjhPeq https://ift.tt/359iyqt

At the championship of the Afghan women's soccer league, players sprint across the field. Hoodie-style hijabs cover their hair. The scene was once unthinkable. But now the players face new obstacles. (Image credit: Rahmatullah Alizadah/Xinhua via Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2U35GvJ https://ift.tt/32pde0k

Coronavirus cases are surging around the country. How will Joe Biden manage the pandemic differently, once he takes office in January? Expect a more centralized U.S. response plan, his team says. (Image credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/32oEn3s https://ift.tt/2GEgRru

Under a sky lit up by blue Jumbotrons outside the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., Vice President-elect Kamala Harris thanked Democratic supporters for organizing to delivering a victory. (Image credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/3n3WzaE https://ift.tt/3n1HeqN

A long tradition of presidential pets will be revived in January. And a little history will be made, too: President-elect Joe Biden's younger dog will be the first rescue dog in the White House. (Image credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2Igvhif https://ift.tt/3pa1DMv