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Los Angeles rapper Drakeo the Ruler is out of jail after the district attorney's office offered him a plea deal following three years in jail. He was held on charges that his band constituted a gang.

The ballot count continues on Thursday. Joe Biden has the lead, but President Trump still has a path. NPR discusses the latest on the presidential contest.

Elections workers in North Carolina will continue counting through next week as mail-in ballots are received and they review provisional ballots.

North Carolina’s coronavirus cases continue to climb, with the state hitting its second-highest new case count on Thursday.

Georgia was always expected to be close, and it hasn't disappointed. The race for president remains razor-thin, while neither of the state's two Senate contests has been decided.

A team of independent advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a science-based outline for deploying a vaccine when it's ready. The goal is to stop deaths and viral spread fast.

ESPN informs employees that 300 individuals will be let go and another 200 positions will remain unfilled, shedding 10% of its workforce.

A Minnesota Judge rejected the request to move the trial of the four police officers accused in the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

A new amendment to the Missouri Constitution opens the door to redrawing state legislative districts that don't take into account children, noncitizens and other residents who aren't eligible to vote.

At 16, Ellaraino visited her great-grandmother, Silvia, for the first time. And Silvia had plenty of stories to tell — about being a teenager, and seeing the Civil War, and slavery, come to an end.

While the Russian government has avoided official comment on the U.S. election, the prospect of divided government in Washington, D.C., could have benefits for the Kremlin.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman who has said that he expects the ballot counting to wrap up on Friday. President Trump had tried to stop the count there.

MacArthur fellow McLorin Salvant sings jazz standards as well as forgotten early songs. "In jazz, I felt I could sing these deep, husky lows," she told Terry Gross in this 2015 interview.

A week into a lockdown, Germany is still hoping to cut a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus infections. Meanwhile, many German states have decided to keep schools open.

The 35th annual class of inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland include Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, Notorious B.I.G. and T. Rex.

The Democratic nominee also leads in Nevada and Arizona, as well as in the popular vote. President Trump, meanwhile, has made baseless claims about the integrity of the electoral process.

President Trump addressed the nation on Thursday, as his path to the presidency narrowed. He made false claims about stolen votes and touted wins in states like Ohio and Florida.

Democratic challenger Joe Biden continues to lead President Trump but is still short of the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the presidency. He's at 264 while the president is at 214.

For decades, the health insurance industry has been scaring Americans about Canada's health care system. We hear from a whistleblower about his role in the disinformation campaign.

Trump has made unfounded claims that Democrats are stealing the election, noting his diminishing lead as more ballots are counted. His team filed lawsuits seeking to delay the count in several states.