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Crowds of Jews in the Warsaw ghetto, Poland, 1942. The crowded conditions were conducive to the spread of typhus, but the number of cases dropped dramatically in the winter of 1941. A new study tries to determine the reasons for this public health success in the most dire of circumstances.

The Warsaw Ghetto Can Teach The World How To Beat Back An Outbreak

A study seeks to learn how hundreds of thousands of Jews, crammed in the ghetto by the Nazis, halted an outbreak of epidemic typhus. Some — including survivors alive today — say frame of mind was key.

BRCvr was created by Athena Demos, Doug Jacobson and Greg Edwards, who are longtime burners.

As Burning Man Goes Virtual, Organizers Try To Capture The Communal Aspect

Burners can attend an art class, DJ dance party — or even join a virtual group hug — via webcam or virtual reality. In place of statue burning, the event will end with backyard fires and candles.

Protesters — on one side, Black Lives Matter and on the other, Trump backers — face off in Prineville, Ore., after a Black woman and the police chief posted contradicting videos about their meeting.

In Rural Oregon, Threats And Backlash Follow Racial Justice Protests

Online fights over racial justice have spilled onto the courthouse lawn in Prineville, Ore. Black Lives Matter protesters there stand off regularly with counterdemonstrators waving Trump flags.

Nebraska Man Urges City Council To Take Up Chicken Wing Terminology

Andrew Christensen wants the council to mandate a name change. He says boneless chicken wings are just chicken tenders, which are already boneless, and shouldn't be called chicken wings.

President Trump has ordered the federal government to stop critical race theory training. The order came even after a summer of protests for racial justice across the country.

Trump Tells Agencies To End Trainings On 'White Privilege' And 'Critical Race Theory'

The director of the Office of Management and Budget told agency heads on Friday that such trainings were "divisive" and "anti-American."

After six trials and 23 years behind bars, charges are being dropped against Curtis Flowers (pictured here in Dec. 2019) over a 1996 quadruple killing in Mississippi. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a conviction last summer, citing among other things, the deliberate elimination of Black jurors from Flowers' trials.

After 6 Trials, Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Curtis Flowers

Flowers spent 23 years behind bars for a 1996 quadruple killing at a Mississippi furniture store. Prosecutors said Friday that there were no credible witnesses available for a seventh trial.

Master P Launches Food Line To Bring Diversity To Packaged Food

NPR's Michel Martin talks to rapper and entrepreneur Percy Miller, aka Master P, about why he's jumping into the packaged food business as many companies reexamine their racist imagery.

'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' To End In 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Julia Alexander of The Verge about the end of Keeping Up With the Kardashians reality TV show.

'They Should Still Be Here.' Kentucky Passes 1,000 COVID-Linked Deaths

Kentucky crossed a COVID-19 threshold Wednesday, exceeding 1,000 deaths attributed to the virus. Gov. Andy Beshear is urging residents to use the news as…

President Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign rally Tuesday at Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston Salem, N.C.

Trump, Republicans Raise $210 Million In August — Far Behind Democrats' Haul

President Trump and Republicans could've set a one-month fundraising record — had their Democratic counterparts not hauled in some $150 million more.

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