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Stand on any corner in Kampala, Uganda, and you'll be swarmed by motorcycles. These are boda bodas, the country's DIY public transportation system. For $1, you can get pretty much anywhere.

The Uncanny Valley is a notion that states that if you make a robot that it up to 95 percent realistic, it's fantastic. More realistic that that and it's a disaster. That's because a 96 percent lifelike robot is a human being with something wrong. Hollywood uses the concept when animating movies.

Millions of Americans are still unemployed with no relief in sight.

Joe Biden continues to have a narrow lead over President Trump as Nevada continues to count ballots.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Anthony Ruggiero of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies about how North Korean shell companies enable the country to circumvent the economic impact of sanctions.

Election officials across the U.S. continue counting ballots Friday. NPR discusses the latest news from key states Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Nevada.

Former Vice President Joe Biden has pulled ahead in Pennsylvania over President Trump. NPR talks with voters in Philadelphia, where mail-in ballots have made a big difference.

The Broadway actor was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Bullets Over Broadway.Cordero had been working on a production of Rock of Ageswhen he developed symptoms of pneumonia.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Josh Santarpia, an associate professor of pathology and microbiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, about airborne transmission of the coronavirus.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted that studies of the drug aducanumab for Alzheimer's treatment don't show it's effective.