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As of Monday, Michigan authorities say their state alone has seen more than 6,100 cases of the parasite.

From "Resident Evil Requiem" to "Slay the Spire 2," NPR staff and contributors once again present a new list of their favorite games of the year so far.

Rivers, streams and the area surrounding them can take years to recover after a wildfire. And when native plants do return, they can often be choked out by invasive species.

From John F. Kennedy Jr. in the Oval Office to the Bush twins, Jenna and Barbara, giving Malia and Sasha Obama a tour of their new home, we look at some of the moments that have shaped first families.

NPR's Ari Daniel reports on two children who got sick from usually preventable illnesses in areas where U.S. Agency for International Development funding was suddenly and dramatically reduced.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday to ask for $350 billion to fund the Iran war.

The federal government's constriction of taxpayer dollars to the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Education Association has been catastrophic for cultural groups around the country.

Climate journalist and author Nathaniel Rich's new book "Cloudthief" is about an off-the-grid hacker and a struggling climate journalist who team up to rob a data center in Oklahoma.

This World Cup, co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States, has brought a lot of new fans into the game — especially Americans.

EV batteries can, and should, be recycled. But the economics of recycling them don't always work out.