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Increasingly, many people in the U.S., like these teens in a Miami grocery story in August, now routinely wear face masks in public to help stop COVID-19's spread. But social distancing and other public health measures have been slower to catch on, especially among young adults, a national survey finds.

Mask-Wearing Is Up In The U.S., But Young People Are Still Too Lax, CDC Survey Finds

A general increase in mask-wearing has been encouraging, U.S. public health experts say. But too few young people, especially, are social distancing and taking other steps to slow coronavirus' spread.

San Marino, a country of just over 33,000 people, has a rare international soccer win

San Marino has trounced Liechtenstein, its first international soccer win in 20 years. NPR's Scott Simon has details.

Burned, twisted metal from motorcycles covered an area where a suicide attacker blew up his small pickup truck outside a security office on Friday in the village of Sousian in northern Syria.

Car Bomb Kills More Than 50 People Near Syrian Town Captured From ISIS

At least 34 of the dead reportedly were civilians. The blast happened just north of al-Bab, at a checkpoint crowded with people who had fled the fighting and were preparing to return to their homes.

Emergency crews responded to the Allen Benedict Court public housing complex in Columbia, S.C., Thursday. They found two men dead in the morning and later discovered gas leaks in multiple buildings.

2 People Dead In S.C. Public Housing Complex, 411 Evacuated After Gas Leaks

Police haven't yet confirmed that the deaths of the men, who were found Thursday morning in separate apartments in Columbia, are tied to the leaks.

A health care worker fills syringes with doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Aug. 24 at the Southfield Pavilion in Southfield, Mich.

Lots Of People Say They'll Quit Over Vaccine Mandates, But Research Shows Few Do

The answers workers give in national surveys differ from how people are actually behaving after mandates go into effect in their workplace.

Six months after ceasefire with Israel, people in Gaza say recovery hasn't even begun

Six months into a ceasefire that promised an end to the war and a surge of aid for Gaza, people say recovery hasn't even yet begun.

NYPD officers respond to a deadly crash involving two buses in the New York City borough of Queens on Monday.

3 People Killed, More Than A Dozen Injured In 2-Bus Crash In New York City

"Hard to compare to anything I've ever seen, the sheer destruction from the impact of this collision," said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Gov. Phil Murphy, pictured in March, signed two bills on Wednesday ensuring that former felons can "once again walk into a voting booth and have a say in our democracy."

New Jersey Governor Signs Bills Restoring Voting Rights To More Than 80,000 People

"These are residents who ... have been needlessly prevented from having a voice in the future direction of their communities," Gov. Phil Murphy said.

Sudan's brutal war has left more than half a million people facing famine condition

The Sudanese army say the war has reached a "turning point." But with accusations of human rights abuses -- and even genocide -- there's still no end in sight for Sudan's devastating conflict.

Matrix Martinez, one of the people displaced from Community Within the Corridor, speaks to the news media Tuesday evening, outside Milwaukee's Ronald Reagan H.S.--site of a community meeting for Corridor residents, that was closed to the news media.

About 150 people remain displaced from Milwaukee apartment complex, raise concern about status

About 150 residents of a major affordable housing project on Milwaukee's north side remain in temporary housing, as more details seep out about chemical contamination at the Community Within the Corridor.

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