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Young Voters In Washington State Swing District

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with young voters at Lower Columbia College in Longview, Washington, ahead of Tuesday's primary.

Life Kit: How To Vote

Three steps voters can follow in order to vote in this year's elections.

<p>The Oregon State Police emblem is shown Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, in Salem, Ore. Rural legislators are pushing back against a budget-slashing plan to cut detectives from the Oregon State Police in a last-ditch effort to rescue positions they say are critical to public safety in sparsely populated areas. The issue is of particular significance to rural areas, where state police detectives and troopers often serve as an extra local police agency for areas suffering from budget cutbacks to county sheriffs and police departments.</p>

Oregon State Police, Hillsboro, Clackamas County Sheriff To Defy ICE Subpoenas

The Oregon State Police, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office and the city of Hillsboro said they won't comply with a new strategy from federal immigration officials.

"As long as you have these discrete outbreaks ... there is the opportunity to control them," says Dr. Bruce Aylward, team leader of the joint mission between the World Health Organization and China on COVID-19.

WHO Official Says Coronavirus Containment Remains Possible

China's experience shows how the virus can be stopped. But the World Health Organization's Dr. Bruce Aylward says other countries may be drawing the wrong lessons about how China achieved it.

Testing Limitations May Conceal Coronavirus Spread In Oregon

Until Saturday morning, Oregon's number of cases of novel coronavirus had held steady at three. But that didn’t mean the virus had stopped spreading. The…

In this March 5 photo, antique clocks are displayed at the Electric Time Company in Medfield, Mass. Daylight saving time returns Sunday at 2 a.m. local time.

Daylight Saving Time Is Here Again. So Is The Debate About Changing The Clocks

Daylight saving time starts Sunday, March 8, bringing with it an extra hour of sunshine in the evening. But changing the clocks has become unpopular, and several states are looking to make a switch.

Jonathan Coulton leads a music parody game on <em>Ask Me Another</em> at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

By The Numbers

In this music parody, songs with numbers in the title are rewritten to be about things related to those numbers.

Elizabeth Filipovich plays <em>Ask Me Another</em>'s final round at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

Final Round: Two-Timers, Google And Gum

The two finalists test their knowledge of everything from economics to brands of gum in this rapid-fire final round.

Dan Deacon plays a game with Ophira Eisenberg on <em>Ask Me Another</em> at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

Decomposition Competition With Dan Deacon

Dan Deacon's recent music video, "Sat By A Tree", features comedian Aparna Nancherla's body decaying. Deacon plays a game where he guesses how long it takes various things to decay or decompose.

Tests Find Lingering Radiation From Japan On Our Shores

The Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011 continues to leave a mark on our side of the Pacific. The tsunami created by the quake trashed a couple of…

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