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A traveler walks past a display board showing a canceled flight from Wuhan at Beijing Capital International Airport on Thursday. China closed off the city of more than 11 million in an unprecedented effort to try to contain a deadly new viral illness that has sickened hundreds and spread to other cities and countries during the Lunar New Year travel rush.

Chinese Authorities Begin Quarantine Of Wuhan City As Coronavirus Cases Multiply

Transportation in and out of the city of 11 million is being shut down as cases of the coronavirus are being reported throughout China and abroad. Wuhan is believed to be the contagion's epicenter.

A woman wearing a medical mask rides an escalator at Milan Central train station on Sunday after Italy's government restricted much of the country in an effort to stanch the spread of the coronavirus.

Coronavirus: Italy Orders Massive Shutdown; Cruise Ship Gets OK To Dock In California

Movie theaters, museums and other cultural sites throughout Italy are closed until next month. Meanwhile, a stranded cruise ship off California with infected passengers is finally allowed to dock.

Key Takeaways From Supreme Court Term

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein and NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg about the decisions reached by the U.S. Supreme Court this term.

Avril Haines, the new director of national intelligence, released a declassified report Friday that says Saudi Arabia's crown prince was responsible for a 2018 killing of a prominent journalist. Haines spoke to NPR in her first interview since taking office last month.

Avril Haines Takes Over As Intelligence Chief At 'A Challenging Time'

As Haines sat down for an interview with NPR, her aides handed out a declassified report blaming Saudi Arabia's crown prince for a brutal killing.

Oleh Pokrovsky helps man a small checkpoint on a bumpy road leading to his village. "The privilege that we have of sitting here at this checkpoint is thanks directly to those who are enlisted in the military and are defending Ukraine's borders," he says. "If it weren't for them, then this would be under Russian occupation right now."

Far from the front lines, Ukrainians guard checkpoints and wait for the war to come

Checkpoints have sprung up across Ukraine since Russia's invasion. Men at a checkpoint near Lviv have Molotov cocktails ready. Even hundreds of miles from the battles, the war hangs over everything.

A concrete sign for the State of Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation in Las Vegas

KUNR Today: Nevada experiencing major unemployment claim backlog, median rent in Reno above $1,600

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Foreign Investors Shrug Off Miami's Rising Sea Levels

Sea-level rise is so acute in South Florida that local governments are eyeing hundreds of millions in spending to mitigate floodwaters. But wealthy foreign investors don't seem fazed.

What's Next In The FBI's Anthrax Investigation?

The FBI this week may release some of the evidence against Bruce Ivins, a U.S. government researcher who was under investigation for the anthrax attacks of 2001. He killed himself last week. Investigators have told NPR they were still several major legal steps away from an indictment.

Surgeon general nominee Means questioned about vaccines, birth control and financial conflicts

During a confirmation hearing, senators asked Dr. Casey Means about her current positions and her past statements on a range of public health issues.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei receives a shot of COVIran Barekat, an Iranian-produced COVID-19 vaccine, in Tehran on Friday.

Iran's Supreme Leader Got A Locally Made COVID Shot But Vaccine Struggles Persist

Despite Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's publicized shot with an Iranian-made vaccine, few citizens have been able to get inoculated in the country hardest hit by the coronavirus in the Middle East.

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