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William Jackson Harper (The Good Place) and Yvonne Orji (Insecure) visit past Academy Awards ceremonies in an audio quiz about iconic Oscar speeches.

Cooked lobsters are seen in Bernard, Maine. The U.S. lobster industry has been at a competitive disadvantage in Europe ever since Canada struck its own trade deal with the European Union three years ago.

U.S. Lobster Dealers Hope To Claw Back Market Share In Europe

A new trade deal with Europe lifts tariffs that had put U.S. producers at a competitive disadvantage. Lobster shipments worldwide have suffered this year, largely as a result of the coronavirus.

The former Chattahoochee Brick Company in Atlanta used forced convict labor to churn out hundreds of thousands of bricks a day at the turn of the 20th century. Racial justice advocates want to turn the site into a memorial.

Amid Debates About Memorials, Advocates Push To Remember Atlanta's Forced Laborers

A brick factory that was key to building post-Civil War Atlanta used unpaid convict laborers. Now, some hope to block industrial development at the site and instead memorialize those mistreated there.

A man checks to cast his ballot in Kenosha, Wis., on April 7. A new study suggests that in-person voting in that Wisconsin primary did not produce a surge of new coronavirus cases.

New Research Suggests In-Person Voting May Be Less Risky Than Previously Thought

The report concludes Wisconsin voters who braved the pandemic and went to the polls in April did not see a surge in COVID-19 infections, although another study reaches the opposite conclusion.

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said her office will be reviewing a 2011 police shooting of a Black man that was ruled an accident.

Massachusetts Prosecutor To Review 2011 Probe Into Shooting Of Black Man By Police

Eurie Stamps was killed during a drug raid at his home. Police were reportedly looking for his stepson and another man. Prosecutors said the shooting was accidental and the officer wasn't charged.

Ballots are stored at the Franklin County Board of Elections in Columbus, Ohio, on April 28, the final day of that state's primary election. An NPR analysis finds that more than 500,000 absentee ballots were rejected in primaries this year.

More Than 550,000 Primary Absentee Ballots Rejected In 2020, Far Outpacing 2016

Tens of thousands of ballots have been rejected in key battleground states, where the outcome in November for the presidency and other races could be determined by a small number of votes.

Kaitlyn McCollum, pictured here in 2018, was teaching high school in Tennessee when her federal TEACH Grants were turned into more than $20,000 in loans.

More Than 6,500 Teachers Have Had Unfair Student Debts Erased

After an NPR investigation led to an overhaul of the troubled TEACH Grant program, the U.S. Department of Education says teachers have had nearly $44 million in loans turned back into grants.

When the pandemic hit this spring, U.S. rural hospitals lost an estimated 70% of their income as patients avoided the emergency room, doctor's appointments and elective surgeries. "It was devastating," says Maggie Elehwany of the National Rural Health Association.

Rural Hospitals Are Sinking Under COVID-19 Financial Pressures

America's rural hospitals were struggling even before the pandemic. Now, the loss of revenue from months of deferred treatments and surgeries have pulled more to the brink, as federal relief fades.

Ftaim al-Saleh stands in the tent donated by friends and relatives after her four youngest children died when their tent caught fire, as she and her husband were working in the fields. The Syrian refugee couple came to Jordan eight years ago, after airstrikes destroyed their house.

'No Hope': A Deadly Tent Fire In Jordan Leaves Syrian Refugee Farmworkers In Despair

The Saleh family lost four young children in a fire that broke out in their tent in June, when the parents were working in farm fields. Syrian refugees make up about 70% of Jordan's farmworkers.

For schools starting the fall with online-only instruction, Khan Academy Founder and CEO Sal Khan says, "Everything should be about pulling kids out of the screen."

Making The Best Of Virtual Learning: Some Advice From The Founder Of Khan Academy

Sal Khan, a pioneer of online learning, says virtual instruction can't replace the real thing. With many schools going virtual this fall, he says building in one-on-one interaction will go a long way.

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