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Google and Apple teamed up on using smartphones to track coronavirus infections. But the systems are only available in a few states, where they're being used by a tiny percentage of the population.

Is Georgia ready to cast its 16 electoral votes for a woman for president? We put that question to three women who have lived through a few election cycles in the state.

The stabbing of nine people at a mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota over the weekend is being investigated as a potential act of terrorism.

SEC chief Harvey Pitt resists calls to resign. Democrats question Pitt's handling of ex-FBI and CIA Director William Webster, whose nomination to head an accounting oversight board is under a cloud. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

The Space Shuttle Discovery was forced to postpone landing in Florida Monday morning because of low clouds and poor visibility. NASA has set the landing for early Tuesday, and is contemplating alternative landing sites.

Sen. Hillary Clinton's brother, Hugh Rodham, has become involved in the widening pardon scandal that has clouded former President Clinton since he left office last month. Yesterday, Sen. Clinton distanced herself from her brother's actions at a news conference on Capitol Hill. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

This week brings four novels about love: childhood love in immigrant Brooklyn; married love in dot-com San Francisco; intergenerational love and tension in Philadelphia; and an academic father's sometimes obtuse love for his three daughters. In nonfiction, football star Michael Oher describes his experiences in foster care.

According to a new report released by the American Lung Association, San Bernardino and Riverside County topped the list of the most polluted U.S. counties to live in.

Speaking during a videoconference with President Vladimir Putin that was broadcast on state-run TV, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that he had tested positive for the virus.

Turns out that Einstein was right about what happens when neutron stars collide. An international team of astronomers has confirmed his theory for the first time.