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Hoaxes and misleading posts aimed at depressing turnout have spread on social media. Experts say it outpaces 2016, when Black voters were the top target of Russian-backed disinformation.

Watch a duet between Elmo and Hoots the Owl on stage with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Be careful not to sprain yourself smiling.

People ages 18 to 29 are turning out in record-breaking numbers for early voting. But will pandemic-related disruptions to campus life affect student voter turnout on Election Day?

There are four days left to vote before Election day, and a number of states are still a toss-up.Georgia, Texas and Arizona have historically voted Republican but could swing the other way this year.

Doorkins Magnificat was a stray cat who became a beloved mainstay at Southwark Cathedral in London. When she died, week the dean of the cathedral livestreamed a memorial service honoring the feline.

Angela Hansberger missed going to restaurants for her job as a food writer. So, she opened her very own tiny restaurant, where she serves tiny meals to a chipmunk named Thelonius Munk.

Ariana Grande released her sixth studio album, positions, featuring her first collaborations with Doja Cat and Ty Dolla $ign.

NPR's final electoral map still shows plenty of uncertainty. Federal agencies are not sharing key hospitalization data with the public. And, Wall Street weighs in on the election and the stock market.

The "Mind's Eye" audio experience is an aural escape during the pandemic, but it's actually designed for the blind community. The idea is to immerse listeners in a space that can be vividly imagined.

For StoryCorps, Cherie DeBrest tells her 18-year-old daughter, Naima, how civil rights issues inspired her to get more involved in the voting process.

In 2016, Democrats in part blamed low voter turnout among Black voters for Trump's narrow win in Wisconsin. Now, one organization wants to increase voter turnout among Milwaukee's Black community.

Several important legal decisions were made this week on election laws in crucial states as millions of voters have already cast their ballots.

NPR and other news organizations rely on the Associated Press for election night. AP's Deputy Managing Edit, David Scott, tells us how he and his team make the call on election results.

Homecoming is the party of the year at historically Black colleges and universities, but the pandemic has canceled many events. We go to North Carolina A&T to see how virtual celebrations are going.

New Yorkers look forward to the Greenwich Village Halloween parade every year. This year, some of the city's best out-of-work artists will create a miniature virtual parade, which will stream online.

Trump says a Democratic victory next week will send stock prices plummeting. But Wall Street ambivalent about the prospect of a Biden presidency. Mainly investors are worried about COVID-19.

In the Rockies, small hospitals have no place to send patients when city hospitals are filling up. They report having to hold critical patients longer or transfer them far away, often out of state.

Of the 1.1 million people who left the job market in September, more than 860,000 were women. We examine why women are dropping out of the workforce, and what it will mean for the economy.

NPR's history podcast Throughline gives us insight onto the ongoing battle for the right to vote.

Dressed as devils from their own homes, Sadie Dupuis and her virtual band explore the wild textures of her sweet-and-sour pop songs.

The Trump campaign has spent more than $20 million on a strategy to appeal to Black voters, Polls show Trump has improved narrowly with young Black voters, particularly men.

Where are hospitals reaching capacity? Which metro areas are running out of beds? NPR has learned federal agencies collect and analyze this information in detail but don't share it with the public.

You would rather be Democrat Joe Biden heading into Election Day than President Trump, but there's lots of uncertainty. It's possible to see Biden win a blowout or Trump again eke out a win.

President Trump's recent executive order banning some diversity training has had a widespread effect as government agencies, contractors and universities scramble to figure out how to comply.

"Here's why: they were improperly trained and did not have the proper equipment by which to effectuate their job," the family's attorney said on Thursday. The officers' names have not been released.