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The NFL is giving all employees the day off on June 19th. That day - known as Juneteenth - commemorates the effective end of slavery. It's the third major race-related directive by the NFL in a week.

Italy's prime minister, health and interior ministers faced hours of questioning in Rome as prosecutors opened an investigation into possible mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis.

The pause comes just before Oregon's Multnomah County, the state's most populous county and home to Portland, was set to start its first phase of reopening.

Bubba Wallace is the only black driver to race full time in NASCAR's top series. He tells All Things Considered that banning the Confederate flag will bring in people who felt uncomfortable before.

The nation still sees more than 20,000 new cases on average a day, a number that's barely budged for weeks. Forecasters say we're looking at tens of thousands more deaths this summer.

This week we tackle frequently asked questions — and some infrequently asked ones as well. And we also have advice on how to decide about possible testing if you attended a protest.

Calls to remove the statue have grown following protests against racial injustice sparked by the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. Taylor's death led to large protests in Louisville.

The president had faced fierce criticism for scheduling the event on the holiday commemorating the effective end of slavery, in a city that was home to a horrific incident of racial violence in 1921.

Statues and flags may not do physical harm to anyone or suppress anyone's vote. But they meant something to the people who put them up, and they have meaning for people who see them today.

The Chinese capital closed some markets, locked down parts of the city and banned outsiders from some neighborhoods after finding links between a massive wholesale market and a spate of new cases.