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For-profit virtual charter schools have been dogged by complaints of low student performance, fraud and waste. Still, many are seeing a pandemic-induced enrollment surge.

The colder weather ahead in much of the country, along with the spread of cases after holiday travel, means the pandemic could get worse. Still, some public health experts say schools can open.

The president-elect has emphasized the elevation of women to key roles in his incoming administration.

Residents say scores of agricultural workers were slaughtered in Borno state on Saturday. Boko Haram is active in the area.

Preliminary charges were filed against four police officers allegedly involved in the Nov. 21 beating of Michel Zecler in Paris that has prompted major protests throughout the country.

A proposed measure that would restrict the filming of police officers led to large protests in France over the weekend. The protests follow footage that appears to show police beating up a Black man.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Bloomberg Editor-in-chief John Micklethwait — coauthor of The Wake-Up Call — who says the pandemic has revealed weaknesses in the U.S., and lays out a way to fix it.

How tall is Mount Everest? It varies with seismic activity and climate change. China and Nepal have remeasured the world's tallest mountain, and will announce their findings.

Police in Argentina seized information tied to Maradona's treatment and medical history from his doctor, Leopoldo Luque, after questions over the former soccer player's death were raised.

Less than 10 days after being discovered in drone pictures, the 11-foot metal structure was removed by an unknown party. Before it vanished, some hikers were able to post selfies with it online.

The biotech company has new data reinforcing that its COVID-19 inoculation is safe and effective. Moderna is submitting an application to the FDA requesting emergency use authorization.

Among the names: Cecilia Rouse is nominated as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. If confirmed, she'll be the first Black woman, and just the fourth woman overall, to lead the CEA.

The federal health overhaul law imposed a variety of restrictions on flexible spending accounts as a way to boost government revenue. Now a backlash is brewing in Congress and bills to roll back some of the changes are getting traction.

If you had a minute with Rep. John Boehner, soon to be House Speaker, what would you tell him about health care? Egg him on in trying to repeal the law, urge him to reverse course, or suggest he focus on something else?

A health reporter traveled across the country and asked people how they feel about health care and health insurance. At almost every stop people complained about the expense.

A federal audit finds Medicare spending on hospice care for patients in nursing homes increased by 69 percent to $4.9 billion over just four years. Much of the increase was due to longer duration of hospice care in nursing homes compared with services provided at home.

Hospitals have financial incentives to avoid autopsies. And a decline in the number of postmortem examinations performed means lost opportunities for improving medical care and distortions in health care statistics.

If an impasse were to drag on for more than a few weeks, health care providers could be unable to pay their staffs or even face insolvency, say health care experts and former government officials.

The Constitution says that for reallocating House seats, the census must count the "whole number of persons" in each state. But Trump wants to subtract undocumented immigrants.

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