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The "provisional" deal — signed in Beijing by deputy foreign ministers on both sides — gives the Holy See a say in naming of bishops, and grants the pope veto power over candidates.

The Cherokee Nation granted citizenship to the descendants of former enslaved people known as Freedmen. Other tribes feel pressured to do the same, and Congress is beginning to get involved.

Oregon's only national park — with the deepest lake in the nation — observed the birth of the Park Service on Wednesday with a free admission day. So, how do crowds attracted to the stunning natural wonder celebrate during surging COVID-19 infection rates?

More than 2,000 miners in Appalachia are dying from an advanced stage of black lung. NPR and Frontline have found the government had multiple warnings and opportunities to protect them, but didn't.

In 1877, three businessmen put up $1,500 each to start a new business in Redding, Calif. The investors were Dr. Louis Wellendorf, James McCormick and…

Mock tells the stories she craved as a young trans person on Pose. Maureen Corrigan reviews Sarah M. Broom's memoir, The Yellow House.Burton played with Elvis on Presley's 1969 comeback tour.

For some business owners, the pain during the pandemic adds to longstanding frustrations over the cost of living in California, which could motivate them to vote to recall Newsom.

When an outsider suggested the tiny northern hamlet of Swastika should change its name, town supervisors quickly rejected a change.

Gish Jen's new novel takes place in a dystopian future country called AutoAmerica, where the swamp-dwelling underclass — called "Surplus" — are set against the fair-skinned, land-dwelling "Netted."

Starting Friday, masks will be required in most public outdoor settings where physical distancing is not possible, regardless of vaccination status.